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By The Canadian Press
Court

Seven-year prison sentence in gas station death

Sep 18, 2020 | 4:51 PM

WETASKIWIN, Alta. – A man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the gas-and-dash death of an Alberta gas station owner has been sentenced to seven years in prison.

Mitchell Robert Sydlowski, who is 29, appeared by video link in the Court of Queen’s Bench in Wetaskiwin, Alta.

He was charged with second-degree murder but pleaded guilty in August to the lesser offence, as well as failing to remain at the scene of a fatal accident.

The sentence includes six years for manslaughter and one year for failing to remain at the scene.

It will be reduced by more than three years for time served in jail prior to the guilty plea.

An agreed statement of facts submitted in the case said 54-year old Ki Yun Jo was killed after Sydlowski sped off in a stolen cube van without paying for $198 of fuel.

by The Canadian Press