Southern Alberta man sentenced to 8 years for punching and kicking his wife to death in parking lot
The Canadian Press | Posted: April 11, 2018 9:09 PM | Last Updated: April 11, 2018
Court heard he punched and kicked his spouse as she lay unconscious in a Lethbridge parking lot
A southern Alberta man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for fatally beating his wife.
Rodney Yellow Old Woman, who is 53, had been charged with second-degree murder but pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter.
Court heard he punched and kicked his wife, Trixie Chief Moon, last September as she lay unconscious in a downtown Lethbridge parking lot.
She died later in hospital of her injuries.
He told police he was trying to wake her up.
A city police officer witnessed the attack and tried to intervene.
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