Vancouver Man Who Fatally Stabbed Senior Won’t Serve Jail Time

A person walks past the Provincial Court of British Columbia in Vancouver, B.C., on Jan. 16, 2024. The Canadian Press/Ethan Cairns

A Vancouver man has been given a two-year conditional sentence to be served in the community, after pleading guilty in the death of a 72-year-old man.

Anthony Warren Woods, 31, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a B.C. Provincial Court in the death of Alex Gortmaker, who was killed in a Vancouver hotel on Dec. 15, 2020.