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A man who killed an indigenous woman by throwing a trailer hitch at her from a moving car has been handed an eight-year prison term by a Canadian court.
Brayden Bushby, then 18, threw the metal hitch, striking Barbara Kentner, 34, in the abdomen while she was walking with her sister in 2017.
According to trial evidence, Bushby said he “got one” after hitting her.
He had admitted to the attack at the outset of the trial and pleaded guilty to aggravated assault.
After a trial, he was convicted of manslaughter in December 2020.
The attack occurred on
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