Lethbridge man given 10-years for manslaughter
LETHBRIDGE – The family of Matthew Flitton left the Lethbridge courthouse in anger and frustration Tuesday morning (Dec. 20), following the sentencing of 30-year old Randall William Enright.
Enright – who had originally been charged with second degree murder – entered a guilty plea to a charge of manslaughter last month for the stabbing death of Flitton, and was sentenced to 10-years in prison today.
Flitton had agreed to let Enright stay in his home, after he was kicked out of his girlfriend’s home because of a “three month meth binge.” Shortly after he moved in, Enright stabbed Flitton multiple times and fled the scene.
During the hearing, Justice R. Jerke called the incident “a brutal, violent knife attack,” noting that it was close to being a murder case, as opposed to the reduced charge. He reviewed the evidence that had been presented in November, such as the fact that Enright had stabbed Flitton 14 times, with wounds to his chest varying in depth from 13 to 21 centimetres.