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Two men have pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the brutal beating death of 45-year-old father Leslie Neil Mason in Berens River First Nation. Michael Oliver Franklin, 32, and Thomas Bryton Goosehead, 24, admitted their roles in the fatal assault that began when Mason confronted Franklin over personal belongings — escalating into a two-on-one attack where Franklin stomped on Mason’s head while Goosehead held him down. Mason died from blunt-force trauma after losing consciousness. Both were originally charged with second-degree murder but accepted lesser charges due to weak prosecution evidence. Franklin received seven years minus time served; Goosehead got four years. The judge condemned the senseless violence and offered condolences to Mason’s grieving family, whose children described him as a pillar in their lives.

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