A sentencing listening to is scheduled to start Wednesday for a juvenile convicted of manslaughter within the hit-and-run demise of a Calgary police officer.
Sgt. Andrew Harnett died in hospital on December 31, 2020 after being dragged by a fleeing SUV and falling into the trail of an oncoming automobile.
The motive force, who can’t be recognized as a result of he was 17 on the time, testified at his trial that he was startled when Harnett and one other officer approached the car throughout a site visitors cease and he noticed Harnett put his hand on his gun .
The youth’s legal professional mentioned his shopper was responsible of manslaughter however not first-degree homicide, and the decide agreed.
The Crown has indicated that it’ll search a mature sentence for the now 20-year-old.
The three-day listening to will embrace a number of sufferer affect statements.
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