Two men who assaulted a 45yearold man at a rural farmyard near Melfort, Sask., in August 2022 have been sentenced to two years less a day for assault causing bodily harm, with the rest of the charges against them being stayed.

The victim, Chris Hawkins, died in a Saskatoon hospital about a month after being assaulted. A recent coroner's report from the Saskatchewan Coroners Service linked the cause of death to alcohol abuse. It acknowledged the assault, but wrote there is no evidence that trauma played a role in Hawkins's death.

Peter Mclean, 60, and Adam Mclean, 36, were charged with aggravated assault in early 2023, but pleaded guilty in April to the lesser offence of assault causing bodily harm.

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