By Gary McKinnon

SWARMING FATAL

Man charged in fatal Calgary swarming facing life in prison

May 9, 2019 | 6:29 AM

CALGARY – A man charged in a fatal swarming and stabbing outside a Calgary nightclub more than five years ago and who later fled the country to avoid justice has been found guilty of first-degree murder.

A judge brought down the verdict Wednesday in the trial of Nathan Gervais, who now faces an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for at least 25 years.

Gervais, who is 24, was accused of killing 18-year-old Lukas Strasser-Hird, who died in hospital after he was attacked in an alley in November 2013.

Gervais failed to show up for his original trial date in 2016 and was arrested in Vietnam the next year.

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His lawyer did not present any evidence and Gervais did not testify in his own defence.

Two other men have been convicted of second-degree murder in the killing and a third was found guilty of manslaughter.

(The Canadian Press-Global-CTV Calgary)