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A young man granted a second trial in a 2011 highway crash that killed an Ontario police officer has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the case.

The man was previously convicted of first-degree murder in the death of York Regional Police Const. Garrett Styles, but the Ontario Court of Appeal overturned the conviction last October.

The province’s top court found the trial judge erred in failing to caution jurors that they should consider the accused’s age and level of maturity at the time of the deadly crash, where court heard Styles was dragged by a van the man was driving.

The incident killed Styles and left the man, who was 15 at the time, a quadriplegic.

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York Regional Police issued a statement saying the manslaughter plea agreed upon by both the Crown and defence will spare the Styles family from the pain of a second trial.

The force says the man is being sentenced to two years probation and several conditions on future operation of a vehicle.

STATEMENT FROM CHIEF ERIC JOLLIFFE –

Plea in Constable Garrett Styles case.

Click the link for further details –> https://t.co/bEmprr8Wd0 pic.twitter.com/GH7yDqSxYI — York Regional Police (@YRP) February 3, 2020