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Ricky Massin Cenabre left the Philippines in 2011 to work in Canada, with dreams of eventually bringing his common-law wife and young son to a new country for a better future.

He stayed in Canada for five years in an effort to obtain permanent residency and was finally able to make plans to return home in April 2016 to marry his partner of 23 years, his family says.

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But he was not able to return to the Philippines. On Dec. 18, 2015, he was one of two Mac’s convenience store workers killed during armed robberies at two separate southside stores — one in Mill Woods at 3208 82 St. and one at 10845 61 Ave.

Two adults and a 13-year-old boy were arrested in connection to the attack. The boy, now 16, pleaded guilty to all charges he faced Monday, except for the first-degree murder charge in Cenabre’s death. Following the pleas, a trial got underway for the murder charge.

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The teen, whose identity is protected under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, admitted to manslaughter in the death of Karanpal Singh Bhangu, who was working when he was shot and killed in the Mill Woods store, and he also pleaded guilty to two counts each of committing a robbery with a prohibited or restricted weapon, and two counts of committing an offence while masked.