WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg man who tossed a bound, injured woman into a metal garbage bin on a cold winter night, fully expecting her to die, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.

Joey Audy, 36, previously pleaded guilty to attempted murder for the unprovoked attack in December 2023.

“The fact that (the victim) survived is by sheer luck,” provincial court Judge Rachel Rusen said Thursday. “Mr. Audy intended to kill (her).”

“This was a brutal attack on a vulnerable person,” she said. “Mr. Audy … demonstrated his complete disregard for human life.”

Audy, who has a long and violent criminal record, is the last of five people charged in the incident to be dealt with by the court.

According to an agreed statement of facts previously provided to court, the then-26-year-old victim was waiting

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