Edmonton remand prisoner admits to killing sex offender cellmate, says he was 'so angry' after reading about sex abuse case in newspaper

Warning: this story deals with suicide. If you need help, call 988 or the AHS mental health helpline at 1-877-303-2642

An Edmonton Remand Centre inmate has pleaded guilty to killing a sex offender with whom he shared a cell — admitting he told a mental health helpline he was upset after reading a newspaper report about a high-profile child sex abuse case.

Clayton Berard, 44, pleaded guilty to manslaughter Thursday partway through his first-degree murder trial for the June 29, 2019, killing of Bruce Donald Windsor. He admitted to repeatedly striking the 57-year-old after an argument, then strangling him with a bedsheet.

As part of the guilty plea, Berard signed an extensive agreed statement of facts detailing calls he made to a suicide helpline in the afternoon of the killing. He also