A man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in relation to a 2022 slaying in Lillooet.
Justin Ehlert, 36, pleaded guilty Monday in Kamloops provincial court to one count of manslaughter.
Ehlert was charged with second-degree murder following the death of Leeland Alexander, 25.
they were called to a stretch of Main Street in downtown Lillooet for a report of a man down on March 15, 2022. Mounties arrived to find Alexander suffering serious injuries. He was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Homicide detectives travelled to Lillooet and spent several days in the community interviewing witnesses, .
Ehlert had been beginning next week in front of a 小蓝视频 Supreme Court jury on one count of second-degree murder. That trial has now been cancelled.
Lawyers will return to court on Monday to set a date for Ehlert’s sentencing.
Ehlert remains in custody.
