A sentencing date has been scheduled for late summer for the Calgary man convicted in a fatal gas-and-dash hit-and-run.
On May 5, a jury found Joshua Mitchell not guilty of the second-degree murder of Calgary mother Maryam Rashidi, instead convicting him of the lesser offence of manslaughter.
Watch below: Joshua Mitchell was found guilty of manslaughter in a fatal Calgary gas-and-dash hit-and-run. Nancy Hixt reports.
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The jury also found Mitchell guilty of hit-and-run, theft of fuel and possession of stolen property (truck).
Rashidi died after being run over June 7, 2015.
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She was working at the Centex on 16 Avenue in northwest Calgary and ran after a truck that took off without paying for $113 worth of fuel.
The sentencing hearing is scheduled for Aug. 30.
It’s expected victim impact statements will be presented in court that day.
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