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Bushby Learns His Future Today

22 year old Brayden Bushby’s fate is in the hands of Judge Pierce.

Monday he’ll learn his sentence after being found guilty of Manslaughter in the 2017 death of 34-year-old Barbara Kentner after she was struck by a trailer hitch thrown by Bushby from a moving vehicle.

The crown pushed for 8-12 behind bars, a 10 year weapons prohibition and no communication with Kentner’s relatives during the February sentencing hearing while the defense argued that Bushby shouldn’t be made as an example for future crimes and that four years behind bars would give him a chance to rehab his life and eventually return to his fiancé and daughter.

Bushby, in his first public statement back in February, stressed what happened that January night was his fault and his alone.

He expressed embarrassment, guilt and shame for his actions and understands anyone who will never accept his apology or are still angry with what transpired.

There’s no minimum sentence for the charge of Manslaughter but the maximum is life in prison.

  • Originally from southern Ontario, Jason found his way here and fell in love with the community and music scene of Thunder Bay over twenty years ago. In between various stints on radio, television and writing, Jason is a dad, a partner and (some would consider) a zoo keeper (seriously, he has a LOT of pets).

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