Justin William Arnet pleaded guilty to the 2020 beating death of 59-year-old Dean Dool
A Campbell River man who repeatedly punched and kicked a man lying helplessly on the sidewalk has been sentenced to four years in prison for manslaughter.
Court heard that on Oct. 15, 2020, Dool was out drinking in downtown Campbell River. Sometime after 10:30 p.m., he ran into Arnet, who was out with two other men. Arnet thought Dool had made a racist comment and pushed Dool. An autopsy revealed bruising and abrasions to his head, torso and limbs. He had internal bruising to the right side of his neck and a fractured hyoid bone. The pathologist determined cause of death was head trauma.
Dool’s death has created a huge void and much sadness for his partner and his family and friends, Harris noted. Arnet also pleaded guilty to robbing Maxine Cooke, a vulnerable homeless woman who was sleeping outside Campbell River Library in the early morning of Jan. 23, 2021. Court heard that Arnet and another man carrying a baseball bat approached two women as they slept. Arnet awakened Cook by brandishing a two-litre bottle of alcohol over her head. He punched Cook in the face and stole her cellphone and her backpack with her birth certificate inside.
His maternal grandmother went to Indian Day School and spent a year tied to a bed at Nanaimo Indian Hospital. His grandfather was raised in the foster system and is a residential school survivor.
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