A Norway House man has pleaded guilty in the death of a pregnant woman, after prosecutors say he showed reckless disregard for the 23-year-old's life while intoxicated.

During a provincial court hearing in Winnipeg Thursday, Derek Forbister, 36, admitted to criminal negligence causing death and being in possession of a firearm while prohibited from having one.

Forbister fatally shot Raven Crate at a home in Norway House Cree Nation on the morning of Nov. 12, 2024.

Court heard they and another person were drinking at the home of Crate's cousin in the northern Manitoba community.

Crown attorney Omar Siddiqui, reading from an agreed statement of facts, told court Forbister had consumed a significant amount of alcohol and had also taken a sedative when he produced a pump-action shotgun and

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