Eastern P.E.I. teen sentenced to 2 years in custody for killing Tyson MacDonald [Video]

A young man from eastern P.E.I. has been sentenced to two years in custody for manslaughter and interfering with human remains in the death of 17-year-old Tyson MacDonald late last year. 

The male, who cannot be named because he was 17 at the time of the crime, was sentenced as a youth Friday at the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island in Charlottetown. He is now 18. 

The sentence was a joint recommendation from the Crown and defence.

The teen will not receive credit for the time he’s already served in custody since his arrest last December. The sentence does, however, include an additional year of community supervision after his release. He will also be banned from owning or using weapons and will have to provide a DNA sample for the national data bank. 

“This case, no matter how it is described, is a tragedy,” Justice Jonathan Coady told the …