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Man Pleads Down To Soldier Slaughter
posted (May 19, 2016)
Former BDF Champion Recruit Jason Pott was killed with a stab wound to the heart in March 2011. And today Devaughn Goodger pleaded guilty to killing him. The 22 year old Goodger - who's been on remand since he was 17 - took a plea to the lesser charge of manslaughter and was sentenced to 12 years.

But, since he has been on remand for 5 years already, he will only spend 6 years and 10 months in prison. Justice Adolph Lucas considered several factors in this case, including the fact that Goodger was only 17 when he stabbed Pott, that he had no criminal record prior to this incident and that Goodger pleaded guilty to manslaughter and showed remorse for what he had done. But the Judge also had to look at the circumstances surrounding the attack. The information is that Goodger threatened Pott earlier on the day of the stabbing.

Jason Pott was killed over a bicycle on March 5th, 2011. Jason Pott had just dropped off his baby at his girlfriend's house near the corner of Cleghorn and Slaughterhouse Roads when members of the Goodger family attacked him on the street, accusing him of stealing a bicycle from them. That is when Devaughn Goodger charged at Pott and stabbed him in the chest. Pott's cousin then tried to take him to the hospital on the handle of his bicycle but they were knocked down by a police truck. But after all the effort of getting Pott to the hospital, he didn't make it. He died while receiving treatment. He was the father of 2.

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