A man pleads guilty of manslaughter to the death of MMA ex-combatant Ryan Jimmo

The man accused of crushing Edmonton mixed martial arts fighter Ryan Jimmo in a parking confrontation two years ago pled guilty to manslaughter.

Anthony Getschel pleaded on Monday in the Court of Queen's Bench in Edmonton. He also pleaded guilty to not staying at the scene of a deadly collision. He was scheduled to start a 12-day murder trial.

Jimmo, a 34-foot, six-foot-three, 236-pound professional fighter, was visiting town with his girlfriend on June 26, 2016. Originally from New Brunswick, he had already lived in Edmonton before he was in the city. to settle in Arizona. , according to an agreed statement of facts presented to the court on Monday.

The two men were visiting on Sunday morning around 2 am, driving west through a jeep in Whyte Avenue after watching a movie. Jimmo had not consumed alcohol or drugs that night, according to the court documents.

That night, Getschel was driving in the same direction with a friend and that man's girlfriend after a night at the Cook County Saloon. According to the court documents, the two men drank and fought with an unknown group of people before leaving the bar. During this fight, Getschel was knocked out, heard the court.

Getschel, 23 years old at the time, stopped behind Jimmo's Jeep at the intersection of Whyte Avenue and 101 Street. Jimmo thought the truck drove aggressively and entered a mall at 10044 82 Ave. to confront the driver. According to court records, there was a small group of people outside H20, nearby.

Getschel stopped behind and Jimmo went out to "slap" the driver's side window and challenge the two men. The two men stayed in the truck, heard the court.

Jimmo was returning to his vehicle when he heard something screaming from the truck. The vehicle accelerated, bypbading the driver's side of the Jeep and pbading over two concrete obstacles before hitting Jimmo and dragging him in front of the Jeep. The truck then drove off the parking lot, almost hitting another vehicle heading west on Whyte Avenue before heading east.

Witnesses called 911 and beckoned to a police vehicle. Jimmo was conscious but seriously injured and died in an emergency room at 2:44 am on June 26, 2016.

The court heard that Getschel had hidden the truck in the Mill Creek ravine and took a taxi back home. He told his family that the truck had been stolen and had gone to bed. He took the truck on June 27, 2016 and got a new license plate through a register, claiming that the plate had been stolen.

Getschel was working for a moving company and went to work in Fort McMurray on June 27, 2016. The police monitored his home while he was away and when he returned around 10 pm, he recounted what was going on. had pbaded and planned to surrender himself. .

He was arrested around 1 am on June 28 at the police headquarters.

A court official said the sentence should be on December 3.

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