A judge has sentenced Robert Robin Cropearedwolf to three years in prison and three years probation for the manslaughter of former CBC radio producer Michael Finlay.
Ontario court Justice David Porter said in a Toronto courtroom Tuesday that while Cropearedwolf intentionally assaulted the 73-year-old stranger, it was “a simple push or shove which I’m satisfied was not intended to cause serious bodily harm to Mr. Finlay.”
Cropearedwolf pleaded guilty to manslaughter in May in relation to the random attack, which happened on one of the city’s busiest streets on Jan. 24, 2023.
According to an agreed statement of facts, Toronto police received a call for an assault on Danforth Avenue around 3:30 p.m. that day. Finlay was walking westbound on Danforth while Cropearedwolf was walking eastbound with a red-flame mask with a spitfire logo over his face.
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There was a small group outside 777 Danforth Ave., and as Cropearedwolf walk through the group, he …