Const. Frank Deschênes was a 12-year-veteran of the RCMP. He was killed on Sept. 12, 2017, when he stopped to help some motorists change a tire on the side of a highway in Memramcook, N.B. 

Vasiliy Meshko told the court he wished he had died instead of the officer and asked for forgiveness from Deschênes' family and friends.

A second charge against Vasiliy Meshko, 31, of failing to move over, was withdrawn by the Crown on Friday.