A young man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for manslaughter, after a deadly robbery in 2010.
Clinton Mahoney was sentenced as an adult and received the 11-year sentence Thursday for his part in a planned robbery that left Jesse Lee James dead in a south Edmonton parking lot in September 2010.
"Clinton offered no emotion, no remorse, throughout the whole trial," said Tina Fodor, James' sister.
"At his last closing statement at the trial, all he said was, and I quote, 'I want to offer an apology to the James family,' and that was it."
Mahoney was 17 at the time of James’ death.
He had applied to the courts to have his name be protected under a publication ban, but CTV Edmonton and other media fought to ensure Mahoney’s name would be released to the public.
Young offenders’ identities are normally protected by the Youth Criminal Justice Act, but those names become public if the youth is sentenced as an adult.
The judge ruled Thursday that Mahoney, who is now 20, could be named publicly. He was only days away from his 18th birthday when he was involved in the killing.
23-year-old James was fatally shot in his vehicle just off Saddleback Road in 2010.
A group had made a plan to rob James of drugs and money.
A psychiatrist has asid that Mahoney is a threat for future violent behaviour.
S. Sgt. Bill Clark with the Edmonton Police Service's Homicide Unit applauds the adult term.
"I've always thought this about Mr. Mahoney, that he's a serial killer in the making and we need to keep people like that in jail for as long as possible to protect society," Clark said.
Mahoney still has eight years and ten months left to servce on his sentence.
Two other adults were convicted in James’ death as well.
With files from David Ewasuk
