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Sentence expires for man convicted in deaths of 4 Alberta Mounties in Mayerthorpe

Shawn Hennessey and his wife Christine, shown in a 2008 file photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Ian Jackson

A man convicted for his role in the shooting deaths of four Mounties in rural Alberta is no longer subject to parole conditions.

Shawn Hennessey pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 10 years for the killings on a farm near Mayerthorpe in 2005.

He was granted full parole in 2015 and his sentence fully expired this week.

READ MORE: ‘I’m a different person today’: Mayerthorpe Massacre convict Shawn Hennessey granted full parole

Watch below: (From 2015) One of the two men jailed for helping James Roszko ambush and murder four Mounties is free to be with his family. Kendra Slugoski reports.

Hennessey and his brother-in-law, Dennis Cheeseman, admitted to giving the shooter, James Roszko, a gun and a ride to his property where the RCMP had been guarding a Quonset hut.

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Roszko ambushed and killed the officers before killing himself.

Cheeseman also pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to seven years and two months in prison.

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