Jamie O’Leary, 39, was fatally shot on April 1, 2022. A man who dealt drugs for O'Leary pleaded guilty to manslaughter on Dec. 20, 2024.
Jamie O’Leary, 39, was fatally shot on April 1, 2022. A man who dealt drugs for O'Leary pleaded guilty to manslaughter on Friday. A Calgary man who killed his drug-dealing boss pleaded guilty to manslaughter Friday.Sharples was originally charged with second-degree murder but pleaded guilty to the lesser offence of manslaughter after negotiations between his lawyer, Andrea Urquhart, and prosecutor Zailin Lakhoo.
An agreed statement of facts detailing the crime was prepared by the lawyers and read aloud by Lakhoo. Justice Robert Hall heard that at the time of the shooting, the two men were both drug dealers, with Sharples working for O'Leary. But the relationship had soured and Sharples wanted out from under O'Leary, according to the statement of facts.Police recovered the following text messages between the pair from the minutes leading up to the shooting:1:25 p.m. — O'Leary: Bring me my dope any of my cash and you can find your own way.1:26 p.m. — Sharples: You wanna do this or you just want your shit.The shooting took place in front of O'Leary's home, where his daughter and the child's mother lived.
O'Leary raised the pistol at Sharples, who then shot O'Leary while still in the driver's seat of the van.Justice Hall will hear sentencing arguments next year.Meghan Grant is a justice affairs reporter. She has been covering courts, crime and stories of police accountability in southern Alberta for more than a decade. Send Meghan a story tip at [email protected].
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