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Levi Cayen was sentenced to 11 years for manslaughter and seven years for robbery to be served concurrently. He is the last of four to be sentenced related to the death of Alex Norwegian. Norwegian was robbed, beaten and left to die on a remote road near Hay River, N.W.T., on Dec. 27, 2017.
Defence lawyer Alan Regel argued Levi Cayen should be sentenced to time served and 18 months of probation. He said a federal sentence would be "counterproductive" and expose Cayen to “bad influences” and further isolate him from his family.
During the second day of a sentencing hearing for Levi Cayen, Crown prosecutor Duane Praught argued Cayen should be given a 10-year sentence for robbery and 15 years for manslaughter in the death of Alex Norwegian.
Levi Cayen was found not guilty of first-degree murder by a jury, but was found instead guilty of manslaughter.
The jury in the first-degree murder trial of Levi Cayen is set to begin deliberating Friday after closing arguments Wednesday. The jury was originally supposed to begin deliberations Thursday, but that has been delayed.