Man who killed with cricket bat out on parole
Last Updated: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 | 3:24 PM ET
CBC News
A young man from Saskatoon convicted of killing another man with a cricket bat has been granted full parole.
19 year-old Chris Smishek was sentenced last summer to three and a half years in jail. Smishek admitted to ambushing 23 year-old Scott Asher, then hitting him in the head with a wooden cricket paddle. Asher suffered massive head injuries and died.
The national parole board says Smishek has no prior criminal record, and is at a low risk of re-offending.
Smishek's friend, 23 year-old Jeremy Gardner, was also involved in the killing. He was sentenced to four and a half years.
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