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By Nigel Maxwell

Prison death

Prison death case scheduled to wrap up in fall 2020

Oct 7, 2019 | 5:27 PM

Trial dates have now been set for two of the remaining suspects involved in the death of a man nearly three years ago at Saskatchewan Penitentiary.

During a conference call Monday morning, lawyers decided Brandon Burns and Landon McKay would be tried by judge alone next September at Prince Albert Court of Queen’s Bench.

In December, 2016, Jason Bird was found unresponsive in the medium security section of the prison, following a riot that had lasted over nine hours.

Co-accused Kelfert Wayne Watetch, Klaine Joseph Campeau, and Sundance Okemaysim have already been sentenced.

Last month, Okeymasim entered a guilty plea to a charge of aggravated assault and received a two-year sentence. At a separate hearing in July, Campeau received a seven-and-a-half-year sentence for his role in the attack. The month prior, Watech received a 10-year sentence to charges of attempted murder and second degree murder.

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