Bernard Corrigan has been sentenced to 30 months, or 2.5 years, with credit for time served for his involvement in the death of John Healey in June 2018.
Justice B. Burrows also ordered Corrigan to serve two years probation and abstain from drugs and alcohol.
Corrigan, who was originally charged with first-degree murder, pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of accessory to murder.
According to an agreed statement of facts Corrigan, a heavy equipment operator at Suncor, met his co-accused Trevor Bown in April 2018.
In the early morning hours of June 12, 2018, when Healey was released from police custody at the Gregoire RCMP detachment, Bown directed Corrigan to drive to Gregoire.
According to the statement of facts, Bown wanted to shoot Healey in a drive-by shooting, but Corrigan said that may not be the best idea, but since Bown had a gun he was concerned about refusing his requests.
Around 1 a.m. after the two picked up Healey, they headed into Abasand, stopping the vehicle on a construction road at the back of the community.
Bown, allegedly ordered Corrigan and Healey out of the vehicle and fired his gun towards Healey’s back at least 11 times, hitting him three times.
The two left Healey’s body on the access road and he was found the next day.
Corrigan was arrested on July 19, 2018 on an unrelated warrant but was interviewed about this incident.
While Corrigan did not have to speak to investigators, he admitted to driving Bown to and from the murder scene.
Corrigan was released and then arrested in relation to the murder on Sept. 14, 2018 upon return from addiction treatment.
Bown pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on May 13, 2019.
He was sentenced to life in prison with no parole eligibility for 12 years.
