A man from Kelowna, B.C., will serve 5 1/2 years in prison after in the 2005 death of a two-year-old Calgary toddler.

Ryan Podhorodecki, who was 22 at the time, had been taking care of little Blake Harvey while he was living with the boy香蕉视频直播檚 mother, Lindsey Garnham.

Defence lawyer Balfour Der says at the time his client told police he hadn香蕉视频直播檛 done anything and just woke up and found the child badly injured, possibly from falling down the stairs.

Police didn香蕉视频直播檛 believe him and the boy died three day later in hospital, but they couldn香蕉视频直播檛 prove a crime until years later when a second investigation was launched including undercover officers who befriended Podhorodecki.

They got a confession and he was finally charged in 2015.

Der says his client was frustrated at being woken up and spontaneously grabbed the little boy, shook him and hit him against the wall.

Garnham told CTV Calgary she wishes the sentence were longer.

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However, forgiveness is hard so Garnham concentrates on remembering her happy little boy and hopes others will too.

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(CTV Calgary)