Man convicted of murdering his teenage cousin while she slept

A man who admitted to stabbing and trying to suffocate his teenage cousin as she slept intended to kill her, a judge ruled Thursday.
Joseph Ryan Sinclair, 23, was convicted of second-degree murder Thursday in connection to the death of his 17-year-old cousin Leona Neapetung-Stevens.
During the trial, Sinclair conceded he’d killed his cousin, but argued it was manslaughter not murder because he hadn’t formed the intent to kill, and that he was drunk during the offence.
But during his