Peter Khill released on bail pending sentencing for manslaughter

A Superior Court Judge has granted bail to a Binbrook man who was found guilty of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a Six nations man.

Peter Khill has admitted to shooting 29-year-old Jonathan Styres in February, 2016.

Styres was on Khill’s property and had broken into Khill’s pickup truck when the shooting occurred.

Khill was initially acquitted after a trial in 2018 before being ordered by the Supreme Court of Canada to face a new trial.

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Twelve jurors began deliberating last week and were tasked with unanimously determining whether Khill was guilty of second-degree murder or of the lesser charge of manslaughter.

The jurors did not believe Khill had the intent to kill Styres when he shot him and did not have the state of mind to commit murder.

The minimum sentence for manslaughter with a firearm is four years.

Lawyers will be back in court to schedule his sentencing on Jan. 20.

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