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A Calgary man who was convicted in the swarming death of a young man outside a Beltline nightclub now has to abide by a number of conditions after breaching his parole.

A man convicted of manslaughter in a stabbing death outside a Calgary nightclub nearly nine years ago is now wanted for being unlawfully at large.

Blood-stained shoes to be retested, killer hopes for Ministerial Review of conviction in Lukas Strasser-Hird murder © Obtained by Global News Lukas Strasser-Hird A Calgary father is outraged to learn one of four men convicted in the swarming death of his son is once again trying to fight that conviction. In June 2016, a jury found Assmar Shlah guilty of the second-degree murder of Lukas Strasser-Hird. That conviction was upheld by the Supreme Court of Canada in November 2019. Now, Global News has learned Shlah’s defence plans to apply for a Ministerial Review of the conviction. Strasser-...

Article content “The trial judge stated and applied the correct legal principles regarding the requirement that confinement be continuous and be distinct from the act of killing,” a three-member Alberta Court of Appeal panel said. In arguing Gervais’ appeal before Alberta’s top court, defence counsel Alain Hepner suggested Tilleman erred in finding Gervais and others worked in concert to trap Strasser-Hird in the alley after an altercation occurred outside the front entrance to the bar. After Strasser-Hird retreated into the nightclub to escape the initial altercation, staff led h...