By paNOW Staff

Guilty plea in Saskatoon manslaughter case

Oct 2, 2014 | 12:22 PM

Shelby Pinnell, 20, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of a Saskatoon man. 

Pinnell entered the plea Thursday morning, admitting to killing Mervin McAdam, whose body was discovered after a dumpster fire on Avenue S South in February 2012.  His co-accused in that incident was sentenced to 11 years.

Along with the manslaughter charge, Pinnell pleaded guilty to several other counts stemming from seperate incidents, including an attempted murder.

Pinnell was 18 and a member of the Terror Squad street gang when he committed the crimes.

His defence lawyer described him as “unwanted, unloved and brutalized viciously” throughout a childhood that saw him shuttled between 45 foster homes between the ages of six and 15.

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A judge accepted a joint submission from the defence and the Crown arguing for a nine-year prison term.  Pinnell will serve six-and-a-half years to account for 30 months already spent in custody before trial. 

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