Nathaniel Burchat was in remand awaiting trial for assault charges when a fight with another inmate left the former soldier dead — one of two deaths in two days at the jail.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.Two people died just hours apart at the Edmonton Remand Centre and one of the deaths was a confirmed homicide.
“He was a military veteran, you know, and things just started going downhill for him,” Gabriel said. “The transition centre, the Veterans Affairs, nurses, case managers, everyone went above and beyond for him — but there kept coming a point in time when they were limited by what they could do.”Supplied by Gabriel Burchat
“He hasn’t been a perfect citizen, to say the least. He’s been causing trouble, I think primarily caused by his mental illness. But he did it nonetheless,” Gabriel said, explaining his brother missed some court dates for prior assault charges so after the latest incident, he was denied parole.“I’m not trying to paint him as the perfect man, but I don’t think he deserves this. I think he deserved his day in court and to be properly treated and protected.
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