8 years for man involved in unprovoked, random beating death
Posted Oct 8, 2011 8:03 am.
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With an accomplice now serving a life sentence, a 31-year-old Calgary man has been given 8 years for his role in the unprovoked, random beating death of a man in Inglewood over a year and a half ago.
Originally, Darren Thomas Amond was charged with second degree murder. The charge was reduced to manslaughter and Thomas entered a guilty plea last March, according to the Calgary Herald.
In February of 2010, Marcus Deveaux was walking the streets of Inglewood when he was approached by two drunken men wanting a cigarette. When he couldn’t produce one, he was kicked and punched, left lying in a pool of blood.
21-year-old Richard Christopher Ceasor is already serving life with no chance for parole for 10 years for his role in the beating death.
Commenting on the sentence, Deveaux’s stepfather — Don Hurd — felt Amond wasn’t any less responsible than Ceasor for the beating death. The Crown has been seeking 9 – 11 years for Amond.
