Aiden Collander, 23, entered a responsible plea to manslaughter on the Thunder Bay Courthouse earlier this week.
THUNDER BAY – A second accused within the loss of life of 29-year-old Adrian Richardson has pleaded responsible to manslaughter, whereas the remaining two suspects wait to face trial this spring.
Aiden Collander, 23, entered a responsible plea on the Thunder Bay Courthouse earlier this week on Monday.
He’s but to be convicted or sentenced and can subsequent return to court docket in September of this 12 months to permit time for pre-sentence studies to be accomplished.
Thunder Bay police responded to the 400 block of Hodder Avenue to analyze a taking pictures incident on Could 2, 2022 round 11:30 p.m. A person with critical accidents was positioned .
The person was later recognized as Richardson. He was pronounced deceased on the scene.
In June 2022, police arrested 4 suspects: Telique Ricketts, 24, of Toronto, and Henok Daniel Banjaw, 32, Jacob Inexperienced, 22, and Collander, 23, all from Thunder Bay.
All 4 males had been charged with first-degree homicide.
Inexperienced pleaded responsible to the lesser cost of manslaughter in July 2024 and he was sentenced on Dec. 20, 2024 to 4 years in jail. With credit score for time served utilized, Inexperienced solely had 75 extra days in custody left to serve. He was additionally sentenced to 12 months of probation and a 10-year weapons prohibition.
All 4 accused people in Richardson’s loss of life have had the first-degree homicide cost in opposition to them withdrawn.
Ricketts is now dealing with a second-degree homicide cost and Banjaw is charged with manslaughter.
A jury trial for each accused might start in April. The case is predicted to be addressed in court docket subsequent month.
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