A woman convicted of fatally stabbing her boyfriend at a Timmins residence just more than four years ago is set to be released from prison next week, The Daily Press has learned.

Aleisha Block, 29, who was convicted of manslaughter in the knifing death of Christopher Deighton, is to be released on parole on Jan. 15.

By then Block will have completed two years in prison as part of the overall five-year sentence that was imposed in a Timmins courtroom on Jan. 16, 2015.

The five-year sentence, which included a two-year credit for jail time already served, was part of a joint submission made by defence lawyer Sharon Sabourin and assistant Crown attorney Russell J. Wood.

Originally Block had been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of Deighton, but the charge was eventually reduced to manslaughter with a plea of guilty.

Block is being released next week on a provision known as Statutory Release. It is not considered a parole release.

“Statutory Release requires federally sentenced offenders to serve the final third of their sentence in the community, under supervision and under conditions of release similar to those imposed on offenders released on full parole,” according to the Correctional Service Canada website.

It was revealed at the trial in 2015 that Block and Deighton began their relationship in the fall of 2011 when they met in Block’s hometown of Kirkland Lake. Deighton, a native of Espanola, was an iron worker, who had been pursuing an apprenticeship. Deighton was employed at a mining project in Matachewan.

Block was working as a waitress at the Club 147.

The couple moved in together. Their romance blossomed. Deighton proposed marriage and in 2012, the couple moved to Timmins and shared the home at 315 Birch St. S.

That is where the killing would eventually occur early in the morning of Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012.

After a night out of drinking and partying, the couple returned home, according to testimony provided in court.

They had been arguing. Crown prosecutor Wood described in court what happened next.

“In a brief and tragic moment of rage, unfettered due to consumption of alcohol and cocaine, Aleisha grabbed a nearby steak knife and stabbed Chris in the chest,” said Wood.

Evidence from the autopsy revealed cause of death was the single stab wound to the left chest wall and the pulmonary artery, which caused a loss of blood severe enough to cause death quickly.

Block called 911 and paramedics were dispatched. But as quickly as they arrived and gave aid, Deighton was declared dead at Timmins and District hospital about an hour later.

There is no information yet from Correctional Service Canada on where Block will be living when she is released.

After the stabbing incident in 2012, Block was held in custody but eventually was freed on bail a month later. At that time, she was directed by the court to live with her mother in Kirkland Lake.

After some difficulties while living at her mother’s home, Block was eventually returned to custody until her trial in 2015