18-year-old won't serve adult sentence in 2022 death of Winnipeg father

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A now 18-year-old man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of a 35-year-old father of two in a 2022 group assault will not serve an adult sentence, a Manitoba judge has ruled.

The teen, who was 16 at the time of the incident, will serve one year in secure custody, followed by two years of conditional supervision.

In her Jan. 20 ruling, Manitoba provincial court Judge Mary Kate Harvie said she was "satisfied that [the youth's] role in this offence, [and] his personal circumstances, including his cognitive challenges and his Gladue factors, act to reduce his moral culpability," and sentenced him as a youth.