Mistawasis Man Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter

Mistawasis Man Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter

Thursday, March 10, 2011 at 15:20

A man from the Mistawasis First Nation has pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter.

Cheyenne Pechawis was one of four people accused in the killing of 35 year-old Virgil Pelletier.

Pelletier died in April of last year after being hit with a blunt object in Prince Albert.

Pechawis was initially charged with second-degree murder but pleaded guilty on Monday to the lesser offense of manslaughter.

He will serve roughly six years behind bars.