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Ottawa crack dealer Liban Gure, 31, used to walk into the Elgin Street courthouse smiling.

He wasn’t smiling on Thursday when he was found guilty of manslaughter in the May 15, 2017, death of Ahmed Afrah, 18.

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Afrah died after falling from a 16th floor balcony at 415 MacLaren St. He had beensummoned to the public-housing unit to settle a $400 drug debt with Gure.

Once inside, Afrah was subjected to a severe, prolonged beating that left him begging for his life and screaming for help.

Superior Court Justice Robert Beaudoin ruled that Gure had beaten Afrah and caused his death.

“Manslaughter is a crime of consequences. The actions of Gure were significant contributing causes to Afrah’s death,” the judge told court Thursday.

Gure triggered a chain of events that caused the teen’s death, the judge ruled.

Beaudoin noted the killer’s own words after the death: “Why did I let it get so far out of hand?”