Siksika man who drove over boyfriend gets 6 years in prison for manslaughter

A Siksika man who drove over his on-again, off-again boyfriend during a fight when the pair were drunk and high on crystal meth has been sentenced to six years in prison.

Jody Shane Wright, 44,had been chasing Troy Young who was on foot in histruck near theAlbertahome the twomen shared on theSiksikaFirst Nation east of Calgary.

Court heard he accidentally ran the 23-year-old over in April 2014 and thentied Young's body to theback of the FordF250with an extension cord beforedraggingthe dying man to a wooded area about two kilometres from their house.

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"The actions of the offender were not impulsive. They continued on for a considerable period of time and over a considerable distance," said Court of Queen's Bench Justice Robert Hall in handing down the sentence.

Wright pleaded guilty to manslaughter in January.

The day after Young was killed, Wright called RCMP to report his crime, and led officers to the body.

Prosecutors Doug Simpson and Dane Rolfe had proposed a 10-year sentence while defence lawyer Gloria Froese had asked for time served, which amounted to about four-and-a-half years.

Wright told investigators that he and Young got in a fight in the truck outside their house. Wright said he was punched in the face by Young.

Eventually Wright began chasing his partner in the truck, driving in a "zigzag pattern" around the yard, through a field andin a ditch.

Wright then drove at his boyfriend in an effort to "scare him" but he ran over Young.

Hall said Wright is a high risk to reoffend in an intimate relationship.

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