Brent Checkosis was sentenced at Court of Queen's Bench in Battleford Friday. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

By Angela Brown

In the courthouse

After guilty pleas, two individuals sentenced for accessory charges in Laverdiere homicide

May 15, 2020 | 12:13 PM

Two of eight suspects facing charges connected to the Tiki Laverdiere homicide investigation were sentenced in Battleford Queen’s Bench Court Friday.

Brent Checkosis was sentenced to seven years in prison for the charge of accessory after the fact to murder. He has five years and six-and-a-half months left behind bars, after credit for time served.

He must continue to abide by a no contact order for a list of individuals. He is prohibited from possessing any firearms and must provide a DNA sample.

Checkosis,19, pleaded guilty to the charge in December, 2019.

Checkosis is also facing charges of improperly interfering with a human body and theft of a motor vehicle that are still outstanding. He has not entered pleas to these charges.

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A sign from supporters of the Laverdiere family seen outside the court house Friday. (Josh Ryan/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Mavis Takakenew was sentenced to 18 months incarceration for a charge of accessory after the fact to murder. She has four months and eight days left in custody, after credit for time served. She is also prohibited from possessing firearms, and must provide a DNA sample.

Takakenew, 55, pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact to murder in February 2020.

Edmonton woman Tiki Laverdiere, 25, was last seen in North Battleford. (supplied photo/Battlefords RCMP)

The public and the media were not permitted to attend the sentencing decisions Friday due to the province’s pandemic precaution measures in place. The court informed the media of the decisions afterwards. All appearances were held via video-link and phone.

The court ordered a publication ban on all details of the hearings, including evidence, and victim impact statements until the judge or jury, depending on the matter, involving all the other six accused have retired to consider their verdict.

Laverdiere, 25, was reported missing on May 12, 2019. She was last seen in North Battleford on May 1, 2019. Human remains were found in a rural area outside North Battleford on July 11 and confirmed to be the Edmonton woman on July 16.

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