*Editor’s Note: Sentencing for Joel Anderson was first scheduled for March 25 at 12:30 pm., that was later changed to Tuesday, March 26, 12:30 p.m.
A Trail man convicted of manslaughter in the death of a Trail senior is slated for sentencing later this month.
Joel Anderson, convicted of manslaughter in the death of Harrold Paddock, 78, is slated for sentencing in the Rossland courthouse Tuesday, March 26 at 12:30 p.m.
Justice E. David Crossin, Crown counsel, Anderson and Sgt. Mike Wicentowich of the Trail and Greater District RCMP, are slated to appear for the sentencing decision.
Last summer, after almost six years of court proceedings, Anderson was convicted of manslaughter in the death Paddock.
The conviction stems from a criminal act which occurred Aug. 22, 2017, in downtown Trail.
That morning, Trail police responded to calls of a “man down” in the middle of Bay Avenue near Highway 3B.
Officers arrived on scene to find the unconscious victim, later identified as Harold Paddock, laying in the road and bleeding from his head.
The senior was transported to Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital where he later died.
Anderson was initially charged with assaulting Paddock, and then in January of 2019, the charge was upgraded to second degree murder.
After a trial by Justice Crossin was held in Vancouver Supreme Court last year, Anderson was found guilty of the lesser offence — manslaughter — on July 27, 2023.
Anderson, 25 at the time of the offence, remains in jail.
Born June 13, 1939 in Stamford, Ontario, Harrold Paddock died on Sept. 19, 2017 in Trail.
Left to mourn were a son, daughter, grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
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