Man sentenced to 5 years in Saskatoon murder

Duran Laplante will spend the next five years in prison in the 2018 stabbing death of Elijah Kozak.

Kozak was found hurt in a hallway of the Marquis Towers apartment building on 5th Avenue North on Aug. 10, 2018.

The 24-year-old died of his injuries in the hospital.

Days later police charged Laplante with second-degree murder and issued a warrant for his arrest.

At the time police said Laplante and Kozak knew each other and had gotten into a fight.

Laplante pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter.

He was sentenced to five years on Thursday.