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Man convicted as accessory in Maple Batalia’s death gets 18 month sentence

A judge sentences a man who helped Maple Batalia's killer. But the sentencing decision is a crushing blow to Maple Batalia's family. Jill Bennett reports – Jan 27, 2017

The man convicted as an accessory to the murder of Maple Batalia has been given 18 months in jail.

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Gursimar Bedi, 26, was found guilty for helping in the slaying of the 19-year-old SFU student in Surrey in September, 2011.

The court was told he rented the vehicle used on the night of the murder.

READ MORE: Maple Batalia’s life and death to be subject of new film

Crown lawyers have asked for a six-year prison term.

Batalia’s former boyfriend, Gurjinder Dhaliwal, pleaded guilty to second degree murder and is serving a life sentence in prison.

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