A Calgary gangster who once faced four charges of first-degree murder has pleaded guilty to three counts of the lesser offence of manslaughter and was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Lawyers: Shamsher Kothari (defence), Shane Parker (Crown).
Adrienne McColl, 21, was last seen on Valentine s Day 2002. Sixteen years later, her boyfriend, Stéphane Parent. who had been living in Quebec, was arrested and charged with her murder.
McColl s body was discovered in a rancher s field near Nanton, south of Calgary, three days after she disappeared.
Friends of the victim have told CBC News that Parent and McColl were romantically involved at the time of her death but had a volatile relationship.
Parent, who was a person of interest at the time of McColl s death, bought a one-way ticket to Ottawa days after McColl s body was found.