BARRIE, Ont. – A 21-year-old man has been sentenced to two years less a day in jail for the death of a man at a Barrie, Ont., mini-golf course.
Matthew Spring was convicted of manslaughter in October in the August 2011 death of Bradley Hubbard of Collingwood.
Forty-two-year-old Hubbard was stabbed in the neck with a broken putter.
Spring was originally charged with second-degree murder, but after two days of deliberations, a jury unanimously convicted him on the lesser charge of manslaughter.
During his trial, Spring admitted to stabbing Hubbard but said he did it to protect his brother during a fight with Hubbard and another man.
The judge who delivered Spring’s sentence gave him seven months credit due to the strict bail conditions he was under since his arrest.
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