A Calgary drug dealer who instigated an attack that led to a beating, fatal fentanyl shot and dismemberment of a young man was handed an eight-year prison sentence Friday.

Originally charged with second-degree murder in the April 2022 death of Keanan Crane, Darren Bulldog pleaded guilty to manslaughter last month after negotiations between defence lawyer Anna Konye and prosecutors Aaron Rankin and Britta Kristensen.

Crane was fatally attacked on April 7, 2022. Parts of his dismembered body were found a month later on the Mînî Thnî First Nation, formerly known as Morley.

“It’s senseless and incomprehensible to understand how somebody, even with the prospects of wanting to enforce a drug debt … would resort to employing individuals … to administer a beating and a lethal injection of fentanyl,” said (Court of King’s Bench Justice David) Labrenz.

  • Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
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    14 hours ago

    Originally charged with second-degree murder… Darren Bulldog pleaded guilty to manslaughter… after negotiations between defence lawyer Anna Konye and prosecutors Aaron Rankin and Britta Kristensen.

    Disgraceful. There was nothing to negotiate!

    Shortly after the victim arrived, Bulldog confronted him about the debt and then “signalled” to the others in the room, who began to assault the 22-year-old, according to the agreed statement of facts.

    Several people in the home began assaulting Crane and then bound his hands and feet with duct tape before administering a “hot shot” — a lethal dose of fentanyl.

    Crane’s body was then taken to a bathroom, where he was dismembered.

    Sounds like first degree (premeditated) murder, and Indignity or neglect of dead body under the criminal code (5 years for that), and they scattered the remains of the deceased in order to hide the body!

    There should have been multiple life sentences for everyone who participated!