A 33-year-old man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the downtown beating death of Mark Poodlat.
Victor Ugyuk entered the plea in NWT Supreme Court in Yellowknife on Monday.
Mark Poodlat, 36, died in an Edmonton hospital two days after being beaten in downtown Yellowknife on Sept. 3, 2019.
Poodlat, 36, died in an Edmonton hospital after being beaten outside the joint sobering center and day shelter during the early evening hours of Sept. 3, 2019.
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Ugyuk was originally charged with aggravated assault. That charge was upgraded to murder following Poodlat's death.
Friends of Poodlat remembered him as a kind and caring peacemaker, who often broke up altercations on the street.
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Ugyuk will be back in court on Aug. 24 for a sentencing hearing.
