A B.C. man has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for a deadly stabbing in Whistler nearly four years ago.
Dedaar Jhooty pleaded guilty to manslaughter last summer for an altercation on Aug. 14, 2021, that left Henry Stanley Garcia Molina dead.
Molina had been trying to get into a taxi outside the Bearfoot Bistro to go back to his hotel just before 2 a.m. when he was stabbed.
At the time of the killing, Molina’s family described the 26-year-old as a kind-hearted man whose life was “taken senselessly.”
“Henry’s life did not deserve to be taken away so brutally. His loss has been the most painful thing that any parent has had to go through,” the family said in a statement.
After the Jhooty testified at his sentencing hearing, the judge stated he would reduce the sentence he would otherwise have given by six months for his participation.
Editor’s note: A previous version of this story stated Jhooty had received six months’ credit for time served. The BC Prosecution Service later clarified that was an error and the sentence reduction was due to his participation at sentencing.