Donald Musselman pleads guilty to jailhouse beating death [Video]

An Ottawa man who is already serving a life sentence for murder pleaded guilty to manslaughter this week in connection with the death of an inmate at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre three years ago.

Donald Musselman was sentenced to eight years in prison for his role in the beating death of Zakaria Sheek-Hussain, 27, at the Innes Road jail on Feb. 24, 2021.

At the time, Musselman was awaiting trail for second-degree murder in the June 7, 2019 shooting death of local hip-hop artist Markland Campbell.

Musselman was convicted of Campbell’s murder in late 2023 and sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 12 years.

–With files from CTV News Ottawa’s Katie Griffin

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