Man gets 20 years for hammer-beating slaying of grandfather

A man who orchestrated a brutal beating that left a doting grandfather dead was handed a 20-year prison sentence Friday.
Suwastikh Kumar, 36, earlier pleaded guilty to manslaughter for his role in the 2011 death of William Arthur Reid Hill.
After Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Donna Shelley granted Kumar credit for time served — he’s been in custody since his June 2011 arrest — he has 10 years and two months left in his sentence.
Several of Hill’s family members wer