Karen Daniels holds a picture of her daughter, Monique outside of Court of King's Bench following the sentencing of Harry Paul for killing Monique in 2022. (Susan McNeil/paNOW)
Guilty plea

Eight-year sentence in death of One Arrow woman

Jun 24, 2025 | 4:55 PM

The man who killed 24-year-old Monique Gamble in One Arrow almost three years ago will spend a lot more time behind bars.

Harry Paul was given eight years in jail after pleading guilty to the reduced charge of manslaughter. He had originally been charged with second-degree murder.

Paul’s lawyer told Prince Albert Court of King’s Bench that his client had been arrested under the Mental Health Act and suffers from PTSD. He also said he does not have a full memory of the act that led to Gamble’s death on November 29, 2022.

The eight-year sentence was a joint recommendation from Crown and Defense and is towards the middle of the four to 12 years normally seen for manslaughter convictions.

With 939 days of pre-trial custody calculated at 1.5 times but subtracting several hundred days for serving other sentences while incarcerated, Paul has 1,726 days left, or 4.7 years.

Some of that time will be served in a Saskatchewan Hospital.

When he is released, Paul will have a 10-year weapons ban plus he must submit his DNA to the national database.

Karen Daniels, Gamble’s mother, said her daughter was a giving person, which is why she loved her job at the Youth Centre in One Arrow.

“She was kind. She always put other people before herself,” Daniels said, holding a picture of her daughter and her grandson who is now five but was a toddler in the photo.

She did not believe Paul’s apology for his actions was sincere and said that the couple’s relationship was off and on and her daughter was a victim of domestic violence, just as she has been herself.

“She went through the same thing that I went through,” said Daniels.

When Gamble got her first job, which was at the One Arrow Youth Centre, Daniels said she loved it. But then, she said, insecurity and jealousy crept into the relationship and Paul would park his vehicle in the parking lot to make sure Gamble wasn’t talking to other men.

As someone who knew Monique through her work at the Youth Centre, former chief Tricia Sutherland said she saw the same positive aspects of her character.

“I think what we want to learn from this is that the whole community was affected. Karen’s daughter said it in her victim impact statement today that she wants him to get better, she wants Harry to get better,” said Sutherland.

“I found that very big of her to say that right to the man who took her sister away from her. It shows what kind of upbringing she had and what kind of big hearts her family has.”

Sutherland would like the community to come together in their grief and educate young girls that they don’t to remain in those situations and teach boys and girls that is not a healthy relationship.

“We’re going to work to keep Monique’s legacy alive in our community, to educate our young girls and our young men as well. I hope the takeaway today is be kind, be open, be honest and be a community.”

The family and community will have a chance soon to be together. A walk in Gamble’s memory will take place Sunday at 11:30 am at the Youth Centre and proceed to her mother’s home, where people can choose to leave a red handprint on the wall.

“No one should be separated in the community. We should all work together; the leadership, membership, our employees, everybody and don’t let only tragedy bring us together – or separate us,” said Sutherland.

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