The Crown is arguing that a man who fatally shot his teenage girlfriend and tried to cover up the crime should get 10 years in prison.
In February, Harjot Singh Deo, 25, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection with the Aug. 1, 2017, slaying of Bhavkiran Dhesi, 19. He also pleaded guilty to interfering with her body. Deo was initially charged with second-degree murder.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
After they had had dinner, they drove back to the Deo residence and proceeded up to Deo’s bedroom, where he unintentionally killed her with the firearm. When he went to remove the firearm from his sweatpants, the gun went off and Dhesi was shot in the head. The victim collapsed onto the bed after the shooting and died almost instantly.
Though the shooting was accidental, Deo had a high degree of moral blameworthiness because he was in the habit of carrying a dangerous firearm, Crown counsel Sameena Nahal told B.C. Supreme Court Justice Jeanne Watchuk. The mitigating factors included that Deo was 19 at the time, had no prior criminal record and had entered guilty pleas to the offences.Article content
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