A man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the stabbing death of a 72-year-old man in a Vancouver rooming house nearly four years ago will not serve time in prison.

The sentencing decision by B.C. provincial court Judge Reginald Harris says 31-year-old Anthony Woods must instead continue to live at a recovery home in the Interior for the first year of his two-year conditional sentence.

The court heard that Alex Gortmaker was stabbed on Dec. 15, 2020, in what is described as a 香蕉视频直播渕inor altercation香蕉视频直播� in an elevator after Woods and a friend had been drinking and taking drugs in a suite at the former Biltmore Hotel building.

Woods jumped from a balcony as he fled the area, but he was arrested several hours later, and the decision says he was 香蕉视频直播渆motional,香蕉视频直播� telling police he 香蕉视频直播渨anted to apologize香蕉视频直播� to the victim香蕉视频直播檚 family and he wished the incident had never happened.

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Woods is not allowed to leave the recovery society property during the first year of his conditional sentence except in specific circumstances, such as travelling to and from counselling, and he is not allowed to posses any weapons.

Woods comes from the Gitxaala Nation on B.C.香蕉视频直播檚 north coast and he was raised in the Vancouver area, the decision says. The judge found he experienced 香蕉视频直播減overty, violence, cultural disconnectedness, homelessness, (a) low level of education, loss of cultural teachings, exposure to substance abuse and separation from family.香蕉视频直播�

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The Crown had sought a custodial sentence of four years minus credit for time served, while the sentencing decision says Woods香蕉视频直播� defence highlighted his 香蕉视频直播渞educed culpability,香蕉视频直播� lack of criminal record and his 香蕉视频直播渞ehabilitative prospects,香蕉视频直播� seeking a sentence of two years less a day to be served in the community.

The judge ordered Woods to stay at the recovery society between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. every day for the entirety of the two-year conditional sentence.

A three-year probation order also directs him to complete 75 hours of community service and prohibits him from consuming alcohol or drugs without a prescription.