Man linked to casino death to serve just six more months

An Ontario man has just six months left to serve of the 15-year sentence he was handed Tuesday for his involvement in a fatal shooting outside an Edmonton-area casino.

Adam Michael Brown was sentenced for manslaughter in connection to the Aug. 30, 2008, shooting death of 24-year-old Mohamed Ali Ibrahim.

Ibrahim was shot several times after a fight in a lounge at the River Cree Resort and Casino between attendees of a birthday party and Brown and his group of friends.

Brown, 30, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in May. Although he did not admit to shooting Ibrahim, he admitted to knowing some in his group had handguns when they confronted Ibrahim.

Brown was convicted of seconddegree murder in 2010 and sentenced to life in prison, but that conviction was overturned when new eyewitness evidence came to light that suggested Brown was not one of the gunmen.

After having his initial appeal rejected, the case went to the Supreme Court of Canada, then back to the Court of Appeal of Alberta after the higher court ruled the case be heard there because of the application to admit new evidence.

Another man, Alexander Edward Reid, was also convicted of seconddegree murder, but he made his own successful appeal and was acquitted following a new trial.

Because Brown already spent about seven years in custody, much of it in a federal penitentiary, he was eligible for double-time credit that brought his remaining sentence down to six months.

Brown was 21 years old at the time of the shooting and had no previous criminal record.

No one from Ibrahim’s family attended the sentencing.