A Nova Scotia man originally charged with manslaughter after a man suffered fatal injuries in an assault last year in Fredericton has pleaded guilty to summary assault.

Tyler Totten of Truro was one of four people charged in the death of 41-year-old André Bourgeois, of Grand-Digue.

Bourgeois died Sept. 27, 2024, a few days after what police described as a "serious assault" in the downtown bar district.

Totten was 18 at the time of the assault and the only adult accused in Bourgeois’s death. The three others are being tried separately, with their identities protected under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

On Monday, Totten was in court for what was scheduled to be arguments following a preliminary hearing held in late August.

But instead, Crown prosecutor Patrick Wilbur told the court a

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