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11 years for last guilty man in 2012 P.A. stabbing death

Jun 23, 2015 | 12:26 PM

A Prince Albert Court of Queen’s Bench judge chose an 11-year manslaughter sentence for Blake David Norman, directly in the middle of the sentences suggested by defence and the Crown.

Earlier this year, Norman, 25, pleaded guilty to killing Dakota Nayneecassum, 18, in 2012. On Monday, he was also sentenced for break and enter.

Defence had previously requested an eight-year sentence at an emotional hearing in the same court earlier this month.

Meanwhile, the Crown prosecutor sought a 15-year sentence.

In total, Norman still has just under seven years to serve of his penitentiary sentence.

Along with his sentence, Norman faces a lifetime firearms prohibition.

At the trial for Norman’s co-accused, Tasia Natewayes, the court heard testimony saying Nayneecassum had been in the home of someone who “had a beef” with Natewayes’ then-boyfriend Kyle Goodrich.

Goodrich, Norman, Raine, and the youth went into the home and Nayneecassum – who had no involvement in the issues that led them to the home that night – was stabbed.

Norman is the fourth to plead guilty to manslaughter in Nayneecassum’s stabbing death. Michael Ward is currently serving eight years for manslaughter, Kyle Goodrich and Leo Raine serving 12, and an unnamed youth was sentenced to two years and five months.

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