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Man pleads guilty to manslaughter in Saskatoon death

Blair Prokopetz has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the July 2018 death of Ken Balan in Saskatoon. Phillip Bollman / Global News

A man charged with first-degree murder in the death of another man last July in Saskatoon has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge.

Ken Balan, 27, was found badly injured in an alley off the 1400 block of 20th Street West on July 6, 2018.

READ MORE: Injured Saskatoon man’s death now considered a homicide

He was rushed to hospital where he later died.

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Blair Prokopetz was arrested just over two months later and charged in Balan’s death.

READ MORE: 1st-degree murder charge laid in Saskatoon

Prokopetz pleaded guilty last week to manslaughter.

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A sentencing date is set for July 17.

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