‘Alarming pattern of violence’: Killer sentenced to eight years for stabbing of Burnaby teen
B.C. Supreme Court judge noted that Ali Shamkhi had generally shown only ‘tepid expressions of remorse’ for his role in the slaying of Ryan Nagy in 2023
By Kim Bolan
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A B.C. Supreme Court judge has sentenced a young killer to eight years in prison for the fatal 2023 stabbing of a Burnaby teenager during a home invasion.
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Justice Warren Milman noted that Ali Shamkhi, now 22, had generally shown only “tepid expressions of remorse” for his role in the slaying of Ryan Nagy on June 29, 2023.
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Milman said he agreed with prosecution submissions that Shamkhi had continued “an alarming pattern of violence” even in pre-trial custody after his 2024 arrest, with four assaults on other inmates.
However, Milman also said that Shamkhi expressed remorse “more unequivocally” during a March 5 sentencing hearing at the Vancouver Law Courts.
Milman’s reasons for sentencing were released on Tuesday.
Shamkhi pleaded guilty to manslaughter on Oct. 31, 2025, as well as to carrying a concealed weapon and possessing a prohibited or restricted firearm.
“The weapons offences arise from an encounter Mr. Shamkhi later had with the police when they approached him to execute a DNA warrant in the course of their investigation into the homicide,” Milman said.
Shamkhi and three others were charged in September 2024.
Crown prosecutor Brendan McCabe and defence lawyer Anthony Lagemaat had filed a joint submission for a 10½ year sentence minus credit for time in pre-custody detention, which Milman said was appropriate.
Shamkhi was also 19 when he and others broke into the house in the 7600-block of 17 Avenue where Nagy lived with his partner, “to steal some firearms from them,” Milman said.
Shamkhi, armed with a knife, was part of the attack on Nagy and the woman, although “the Crown does not contend that Mr. Shamkhi himself caused the fatal wound.”
The two victims were bound with duct tape. Nagy was also zip-tied and “ultimately succumbed to the five stab wounds that he sustained, the one to his chest proving fatal,” Milman said.
The judge heard from Nagy’s family and friends who are still devastated by his violent death.
“It is apparent to me that Mr. Nagy was and is a remarkable person, one of those rare individuals who bring light into the world and make it a better place for everyone around them,” Milman said. “The cutting short of his life at the age of only 19 as well as the devastating and ongoing impact of it on those who knew and loved him is incalculable.”
He said Shamkhi’s guilty plea and youth were mitigating factors in the case, while the aggravating factors included the use of a knife, the premeditation and planned use of violence, and Shamkhi’s criminal history, including “convictions for assault.”
Shamkhi was born in Indonesia, moved to Canada at a young age, and was raised by a single mother, Milman said. He was kicked out of school but has since earned his Dogwood diploma.
The other three men charged in the case remain before the courts.
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