Man given 10 years in prison for baseball bat killing

A man who beat another man in the head with a baseball bat and left him dying in a ditch was handed a 10-year sentence Tuesday.
Austin Southworth, 27, earlier pleaded guilty to manslaughter after initially being charged with second-degree murder in the death of Brad MacDonald of Nova Scotia.
Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Doreen Sulyma said she found Southworth was “truly remorseful” for his role in MacDonald’s death, and granted him enhanced credit for tim