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Calgary senior paralyzed in CTrain attack grieves loss of mobility at hearing

Attacker was angry, drunk and high on meth when she decided to push stranger onto LRT tracks

It was an emotional day in court for the family of a Calgary woman who was paralyzed after she was pushed into the path of an oncoming CTrain by a stranger in 2018.

Stephanie Favel pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and admitted to being high on crystal meth when she made the split-second decision to attack Rozalia Meichl, 64, and push her onto the tracks at the Victoria Park/Stampede Park LRT station in November.

Meichl's family gasped and cried when surveillance video of the incident was played in court Tuesday during the sentencing hearing.