Toronto resident James Garthwaite, aged 26, was sentenced to 10 years in prison today in Barrie, Ont. after pleading guilty to manslaughter for the death of Dana Camber last year.
In March 2017, Garthwaite accidentally shot and killed Camber in her apartment building on Kozlov Street in Barrie, Ont. with a sawed-off shotgun after she involuntarily became entangled in a confrontation between him and his drug dealer, John Nanibush, who lived in the same building.
“She was, in that sense, an innocent bystander,” said Justice Michelle Fuerst. “Ms. Camber had no involvement in the dealings between Mr. Garthwaite and Mr. Nanibush.”
Garthwaite was on federal parole and had a firearm prohibition order at the time. He ultimately fled back to Toronto where he was arrested in April later that year.
Justice Fuerst gave Garthwaite 16 months credit for his time spent in custody. He was the last of three men to be sentenced for Camber’s death. David Glover and Greg Keays both pled guilty to accessory in June and were each given suspended sentences and two years probation.