Sentencing Begins for Winnipeg Man Killed Saskatchewan Mountie With Stolen Truck

Published on January 12, 2024

A sentencing hearing begins on Jan. 12 for a man who ran over and killed an RCMP officer in Saskatchewan. Alphonse Stanley Traverse pleaded guilty last year to manslaughter in the death of Const. Shelby Patton. He also pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a motor vehicle. Const. Patton, who was 26, had pulled over a suspected stolen truck in the town of Wolseley, east of Regina, in 2021. Court heard the officer asked Mr. Traverse to step out of the truck and, when Mr. Traverse started the vehicle to drive off, Const. Patton stepped on the running board and reached for the keys....

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