Calgary man convicted of manslaughter in stabbing of neighbour
Posted Oct 28, 2015 2:38 pm.
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A Calgary man who argued he was fending off an attempted sex assault when he stabbed his new neighbour 37 times has been convicted of manslaughter.
A judge rejected Nicolas Rasberry’s defence, saying the number of stab wounds were “excessive and unreasonable.”
Rasberry, who is 32, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of 31-year-old Craig Kelloway, who had just moved in next door.
The two men and their partners met for the first time on the day Kelloway was killed and had had a few drinks and a barbecue together.
Rasberry made a call to 911 after the attack, saying he’d stabbed Kelloway when the teacher tried to have sex with him after the women had gone to bed.
Rasberry told investigators he felt like he had to “put him down,” but said the last thing he wanted was for Kelloway to die.
