Regina man sentenced to 8 years jail time in cousin’s murder

A 32-year-old Regina man has been charged in the 2015 death of his cousin.

On Aug. 22, 2015, the body of 34-year-old Jonathon Michael Ewenin was found dead in a home on the 1600 block of Ottawa Street, just north of Saskatchewan Drive at about 12:25 p.m.

Jonathon’s cousin Rockwell Ewenin, who was 30-years-old at the time of the incident, was initially charged with second-degree murder, but he pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter this week.

Rockwell was sentenced to eight years in prison. With time served he will spend just under five years in prison.

Rockwell was also given a lifetime ban on owning firearms and had to submit a DNA sample.