WORLD BRIEFING / CANADA
A Canadian man convicted of manslaughter for stabbing to death a U.S. sailor was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Justice Felix Cacchione of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court sentenced Cory Wright to 15 years, but reduced his time in jail to 11 years after taking into account time already served.
Wright pleaded guilty two years ago to fatally stabbing Damon Crooks during a 2006 bar brawl at a nightclub in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Crooks, 28, of Jacksonville, Fla., was serving on the frigate Doyle, one of two American naval vessels in Nova Scotia to take part in exercises with the Canadian navy.
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