SASKATOON – A 20-year-old Saskatoon man has pleaded guilty to killing and burning the body of a man in a dumpster.
Shelby Pinnell admitted to manslaughter in the death of Mervin McAdam in February 2012.
Pinnell was 18 and a member of the Terror Squad street gang when he committed the crimes.
His defence lawyer described him as “unwanted, unloved and brutalized viciously” throughout a childhood that saw him shuttled between 45 foster homes between the ages of six and 15.
A judge accepted a joint submission from the defence and the Crown for a nine-year prison term.
Pinnell will serve another 6 1/2 years to account for 30 months already spent in custody before trial.
He also pleaded guilty to several other counts stemming from separate incidents, including attempted murder.
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