FOG BLOG SAINT JOHN NEWS LOG: GARRETT JOHNSTON AFTER MANY HOURS OF DELIBERATION FOUND GUILTY!

Garrett Johnston found guilty of manslaughter after trial in Saint John.......Johnston, 24, not in custody and will be sentenced on Jan. 27....Garrett Johnston, who punched Mark Baker in the face outside a Saint John strip club two years ago, has been found guilty of manslaughter.

It took the jurors more than nine hours of deliberation over two days. They sent word just before 10:30 a.m. Thursday that they had reached a verdict.

Johnston, 24, was charged with manslaughter in Baker's death.

Since there is no minimum sentence for manslaughter, and since the Crown did not object to his release, Johnston walked out of the courthouse with his parents a short time later.

He will return to court for sentencing on Jan. 27 at 1:30.

Johnston and Baker crossed paths for the first time outside Club Blush on Oct. 26, 2019. Johnston punched Baker once in the face, causing him to fall over backwards and hit his head on the sidewalk.

Medical experts testified that Baker, 59, died of blunt-force trauma to the head.