— A man has been sentenced to seven years in jail for stabbing another man 30 times at a central Alberta apartment on Christmas Day two years ago. Chad Alexander Kulba, who is 35, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in September for killing Thomas Braconnier in 2015. Court heard that Braconnier, who was 46, had entered Kulba’s apartment in downtown Red Deer and pulled a knife from his belt. Kulba, who was heavily intoxicated from a mix of alcohol, prescription and illegal drugs, chased him downstairs and repeatedly stabbed him. Aggravating factors were the number of times Braconnier was stabbed, Kulba’s intoxicated state and his criminal record of 27 convictions.

Source: National Post November 28, 2017 21:22 UTC