Man sentenced for manslaughter after killing wife while ‘profoundly intoxicated’
Man sentenced for manslaughter after killing wife while ‘profoundly intoxicated’

By Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Energeticcity.ca PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — A man has been sentenced for manslaughter in relation to the 2023 killing of his wife near Williston Lake. In a court document, Justice Sandra Sukstorf ruled Brent Angus McCook, 28, was “profoundly intoxicated” in the shooting of his wife, Rochelle Poole, in the remote community of Kwadacha, a First Nations community northwest of Fort St. John. Sukstorf sentenced McCook to six years and nine months in jail, plus three years of probation and a lifetime firearm ban. Including his time already served, McCook will serve nearly two more years behind bars. The crown was looking for a sentence of 16 years. McCook, a member of Kwadacha Nation, a Tsek’ehne community of around 400 people, committed the shooting

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