It’s been a long five years for the daughter’s of Kenneth Wallis after he was brutally stabbed to death in December 2021 while at a rooming house on Wharncliffe Road South in London. “I’m just glad it’s finally over,” said Ashley Johnston. In her victim impact statement she told the court, “This loss has affected more than my emotional well being, it has affected my ability to feel secure.” “I miss my father in ways that are difficult to express,” she added. At the sentencing hearing for the man convicted of manslaughter in the stabbing death, the court heard an unusual joint submission from the Crown and the defence. With both sides asking Justice Helen Rady to designate 43 year old Robert Charnock as a dangerous offender along with giving him a 10 year sentence followed by a 10 year supervision order. It’s unusual because normally a dangerous offender designation comes with an indeterminate sentence. Justice Rady will hand down her decision next Wednesday. Meanwhile, Wallis’ other daughter Sherry Wallis says she is still reeling from his death, “I have a three-year-old son that my father will never be able to spent time with.”
