Donald Musselman, that’s at present providing a life sentence for the homicide of a regional artist, begged responsible beforehand in the present day to eliminating a further prisoner on the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre (OCDC).
Musselman, 23, was ready for take a look at for second-degree homicide when the lethal jailhouse pounding occurred in February 2021.
The 23-year-old was was condemned in December 2023 of second-degree homicide in the death of Markland Campbell, 42, likewise understood by his identify Jahiant (noticable “giant”) Jahh in 2019. In May, Musselman was sentenced to life in prison for that prison offense.
His sentence within the jailhouse beating death of Zakaria Sheek-Hussein at present contains a further 8 years to his sentence.
According to a concurred declaration of realities, Musselman and Sheek-Hussein taken half in a “consensual fight” inside a restroom at OCDC. After regarding a min, each males left the toilet with out noticeable accidents.
Earlier in the present day on the Ottawa Courthouse, Musselman begged responsible to homicide within the fatality of a further prisoner on the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre (Guy Quenneville/ CBC)
A few hours afterward, a 2nd run-in occurred in between each males in the exact same rest room. CCTV video footage revealed Musselman, noticeable through a frozen restroom house window, “stomping on something several times in front of the shower area.”
Musselman after that left the toilet, nevertheless Sheek-Hussein didn’t come up. Nine minutes afterward, a correctional worker found the prisoner much less competent on the flooring.
Court paperwork clarify Sheek-Hussein as having “obvious injuries to his face, neck, and head. His eyes were swollen, his ears and face were bruised, and his mouth was bloodied.”
Sheek-Hussein was required to healthcare facility nevertheless by no means ever recuperated, passing away 5 months afterward on the age of 27.
Musselman was at first billed with worsened assault for the pounding, nevertheless the price was up to date to second-degree homicide after Sheek-Hussein’s fatality. Musselman begged responsible to the minimal price of homicide.
The Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario checks out all prisoner fatalities within the district, nevertheless an inquest proper into Sheek-Hussein’s fatality has really not but been arrange.
