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Man pleads guilty to manslaughter in double killing near Vancouver

SURREY, B.C. – A third person has pleaded guilty in a double homicide near Vancouver that happened in 2008.

Two people have already pleaded guilty — one to first-degree murder and the other to manslaughter — in the deaths of Lisa Dudley and Guthrie McKay.

Dudley and McKay were shot in their home in Mission, B.C., in September 2008.

Justin Andrew MacKinnon is the latest to enter a guilty plea, admitting to two counts of manslaughter and receiving a sentence of seven years, minus time served.

Jack Douglas Woodruff pleaded guilty in March 2012 to two counts of first-degree murder, while Bruce Ian Main pleaded guilty in July of this year to two counts of manslaughter.

A fourth person, Tom Holden, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and is currently awaiting trial.

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