Man who helped in killing of B.C. woman in university lot sentenced to 18 months

Jan 27, 2017 | 8:48 AM

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — A man convicted as an accessory to the murder of a student in a university parking lot in Surrey, B.C., has been sentenced to 18 months in jail.

Crown lawyers had asked for a six-year prison sentence for Gursimar Bedi, who was found guilty for helping in the slaying of Maple Batalia in September 2011. 

Nineteen-year-old Batalia was shot and killed in a parking lot at a Simon Fraser University campus after a late-night study session.

The court heard Bedi rented a vehicle used on the night of the murder for his friend, Gurjinder Dhaliwal.