UBC cheating (killing of TUPPER Tiger) Mr. Lanot, 17, was brutally beaten after a swarming attack

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/bc-teen-pleads-guilty-in-school-beating-death/article988945/

Were they INDo Canadians or did they just get the blame!?

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The three men accused in the 2003 beating death of Filipino high-school student Mao Jomar Lanot saw different outcomes yesterday in what was supposed to be the first day of their murder trial.

The Crown stayed charges against one of the men and accepted a guilty plea of manslaughter from a second.

A third was scheduled to begin his second-degree murder trial on Monday.

The accused men were 16 or 17 at the time of their arrests and cannot be identified.

Mr. Lanot, 17, was brutally beaten after a swarming attack on the grounds of Sir Charles Tupper High School on Nov. 28, 2003. The youngest of three sons of a Filipino immigrant, Mr. Lanot was studying English as a second language at the school. He was returning home after playing basketball with friends when he was attacked by a group of Indo-Canadian youths. He died in hospital after the assault.

Two young men were arrested within a week of Mr. Lanot's death. A third was arrested four months later.

Crown counsel Henry Reiner said the evidence was there to proceed with murder charges against two of the accused.

"We got the best result we could under the circumstance," he said. "We discussed that with the family and the police and they're well aware of the circumstances."

Mr. Reiner said the stay charge in the third case resulted because there was insufficient evidence to warrant a reasonable expectation of conviction. Sentencing for the man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter is scheduled for Dec. 9. Manslaughter carries a penalty of a conditional sentence to 20 years in jail.

Mr. Reiner declined to say whether t"