New Glasgow man pleads guilty to manslaughter in 2015 killing

Robert Jason MacKenzie will be sentenced in February

Image | Man arrested in Nicole Campbell's death

Caption: Robert Jason MacKenzie had been charged with second-degree murder but pleaded guilty to manslaughter. (CBC)

A New Glasgow, N.S., man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter for killing a 33-year-old woman three years ago.
Robert Jason MacKenzie, 38, had been facing a charge of second-degree murder in the death of Nicole Campbell on Dec. 30, 2015.
Campbell was found dead in a Temperance Street apartment in New Glasgow by police who were responding to a 911 call.
MacKenzie had been facing a judge and jury trial next month.
But Monday morning, he appeared in Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Pictou to plead guilty to manslaughter.
Sentencing is set for Feb. 20.