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Ali Fageer broke what was likely the biggest promise he’s ever made.

Last November, when he pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the shooting death of Mark McCullagh, he was allowed to be out of custody pending sentencing, as long as he wore an ankle bracelet monitoring his movements.

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The Crown warned Fageer that if he didn’t surrender to Toronto police shortly before Jan. 31, or if he breached bail terms, any negotiated sentencing deal was off the table.

Fageer, 25, was supposed to be in London for sentencing Friday. But when his case was called, he wasn’t in the prisoner’s box or sitting beside his lawyer.

His name was paged.

“I would be very surprised if he was here,” assistant Crown attorney James Spangenberg told Superior Court Justice Bruce Thomas.

On Thursday, Toronto police found the tracking device that had been on his ankle on a Scarborough street.

It was a shocking turn in a case that has lingered on the police blotter and in the courts since McCullagh was gunned down in his 504 English St. driveway on March 9, 2015.