The young man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of 91原创 teen Carson Crimeni will be before a judge for a sentencing hearing this week.

The offender, who cannot be named because he was under age 18 at the time of the offense, is scheduled to appear in a courtroom in New Westminster on Thursday, Sept. 14 and Friday, Sept. 15.

Carson was just 14 years old when he died on Aug. 7, 2019. He was found in severe medical distress in a park near Walnut Grove Secondary.

Despite attempts by emergency responders to revive him, Carson died of a suspected drug overdose.

Videos circulating on social media showed Carson at the nearby skate park earlier that day, so intoxicated he was barely able to stand or speak, with people around him laughed.

His family, including father Aron Crimeni, always maintained that someone had given Carson a lethal amount of drugs.

After an extensive investigation that included interviews with more than 100 witnesses by 91原创 RCMP, Crown prosecutors charged one suspect with manslaughter.

In May of this year, almost four years after Carson鈥檚 death, the accused pleaded guilty.

As part of the agreement to plead guilty, the offender will be sentenced as a youth. If the case had gone to trial and he had been found guilty, the judge could have decided to sentence him as either a youth or an adult.

Under youth sentencing rules, the maximum sentence could be three years.

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