A woman charged with manslaughter in the death of a northern Saskatchewan man will serve only a year of probation after her conviction on a lesser count of assault.
Adrienne Leona Linklater, 27, was arrested after the January 2015 death of Jonathan St. Pierre of Wollaston Lake.
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St. Pierre, 24, died on Jan. 18, 2015 shortly after he was brought to the health centre in Wollaston Lake.
An autopsy determined his death was a homicide.
The Crown said conflicting expert testimony at a preliminary hearing on the cause of death led to a decision to stay the charge.
Prosecutors laid an assault charge against Linklater and asked for a two-year community sentence to be served under strict conditions, but a judge opted for probation instead.
Wollaston Lake is approximately 700 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon.
With files from Global News
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