LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A German national Friday was sentenced to one year in jail and three years formal probation in the death of a 36-year LAFD veteran.

KNX 1070’s Pete Demetriou reports architect Gerhard Becker, 49, pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter in the death of Glenn Allen, who died after the ceiling of Becker’s Hollywood Hills home collapsed on him during a fire.