Man enters plea to lesser charge in death of northern Saskatchewan woman

A man accused of killing a woman and dumping her body on a remote snowmobile trail in northern Saskatchewan has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

Todd Daniel McKeaveney entered the plea this morning during a court appearance in Prince Albert. He also pleaded guilty to a charge of committing an indignity to a human body.

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McKeaveney had originally been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Monica Burns, whose body was found northwest of Prince Albert in January 2015.

A joint submission from the Crown and defence is calling for a 13-year prison sentence, with three years of credit for time served.

Police have said Burns was a known sex-trade worker from the Sturgeon Lake First Nation, but had been living in Prince Albert.