2 homicides, 12 years apart: Regina man convicted of manslaughter for 2nd time

Elwin Michael Goodpipe is going back toprison for manslaughter, 12 years after he was found guilty for his role in an earlierhomicide.

And although the gun involvedin the killing was not actually inGoodpipe'shands in either fatal shooting, he was convicted of manslaughter in both cases.

On Tuesday, a juryin Regina's Court of Queen's Bench foundGoodpipe guilty of manslaughter in the March 29, 2016 fatal shootingof 56-year-old Andre JosephAubertin, in what the Crown called a robbery gone wrong.

Goodpipe hadpleaded not guilty to the charge.

At Goodpipe's latest trial,the Crownargued Aubertin was fatally shot during a robbery at Aubertin's home, planned byGoodpipeand Jerid Cole Azure.

In January 2017, Azure pleaded guilty and was sentenced for manslaughter in connection withAubertin'sdeath.

The Crown will now decide whether to pursuedangerous offender status for Goodpipe, who already has a previous manslaughter conviction.

2004 homicide

Goodpipepleaded guilty to manslaughter 12 years agofor his role in an unrelated crimethe fatal 2004shooting of another Regina man.

Goodpipehad originally been charged withfirst-degree murder in connection with thekidnapping and shooting death of Wayne Gerald Friday.

The Crown's argument inthat case was that Quinton Bitternose, an alleged member of the Native Syndicate street gang, orchestrated the killing of Friday.

Court heard it was an act of retaliation, because the victim had brokeninto Bitternose's home to try and steal his drugs.

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Goodpipewas one of the men who backedBitternoseup, court heard during his trial on the 2004 charge. He and two other menarmed themselves with masks, tire irons, car jacks and wrenches, whileBitternosehada sawed-off.22-calibre rifle.

The four men, plus one other, rushed Friday's home on Robinson Street. They beat Fridayunconscious, dragged him outside and put him in the trunk of the getaway vehicle.

Not long after,Bitternosestopped the car andshot Friday, court heard during Bitternose's2006 trial.One of the other men then took the gun and shot him again.

Friday slowly bled to death while confinedin the vehicle in the early morning hours of Nov. 20, 2004, according to court documents. The vehiclewas eventually set on fire and abandoned on thePiapotFirst Nation, just north of Regina.

Goodpipewas 23 years old when he wassentenced in 2006 to 11.5 years inprison, minus time served.

The other man who also shot Friday pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison with no eligibility of parole for 10 years.

Justice JeffKalmakoffhasn't yet sentencedGoodpipefor the killing of AndreAubertin.

Goodpipe will be back in court on May 22.