Warning: This story contains violent details some readers may find disturbing.
A Trail man has been sentenced to 6.5 years in prison for the beating death of Trail senior Harrold Paddock in August 2017.
Justice E. David Crossin handed down the sentence to Joel Anderson, now in his early thirties, in the Rossland courthouse Tuesday afternoon.
Anderson has been behind bars since 2017 serving sentences on other crimes including arson.
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