One of three teens who pleaded guilty to charges connected to a home invasion last November that left a Cole Harbour teenager a quadriplegic was sentenced today.

The 18-year-old, who was 17 at the time of the offence, was sentenced as a youth and cannot be identified.

Judge Anne Derrick sentenced him on Monday to nine months of custody and supervision. Six of those months will be served in custody and three months in the community under supervision. He is also sentenced to 12 months of probation with conditions.

The youth has already spent a year in detention.

Teenager Ashley MacLean and two others were shot during the home invasion when the youth, two other 17-year-olds and one adult burst into the home with their faces covered.

In August, the three youth pleaded guilty to several charges, including aggravated assault, breaking and entering, robbery and wearing a mask to commit a crime.

On Monday, Derrick accepted that the youth before her did not intend to harm anyone and did not know the adult accomplice was carrying a gun.

Derrick said he accepted responsibility by admitting his part and pleading guilty. She said his own guilt and remorse are holding him accountable, as well. She determined the sentence, she said, by balancing his accountability with his rehabilitation.

She said there's evidence he is committed to rehabilitation and her decision is not about matching the sentence to the victim's loss.

The two others who were shot have made a complete physical recovery. MacLean is a quadriplegic for life and has a shortened life expectancy.

No one from her family was in court today.