A Brantford, Ont., drug dealer who sold cocaine mixed with fentanyl to a man fresh off a round of golf with his brother has been found guilty of manslaughter.

Matthew Grout and Robert Davies played a round together at the local course on June 13, 2020, before splitting a pitcher of beer at a nearby tavern. Then they picked up their friend Sheldon Gittens and decided to buy some cocaine.

During a stop at the home of Jeremy Folk on Grand River Avenue, Grout shelled out $180 for two grams of cocaine, which was laced with fentanyl. Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice heard both the customer and dealer snorted some of the drug before Grout returned to his older brother and their buddy in the car.

“I accept Matt’s evidence that he has little memory of the events that occurred after he got bac

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