CHICAGO, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- A Chicago man got a 10-year prison sentence for intentionally pushing a fisherman into Lake Michigan, where he drowned.
John Haley was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for pushing Vietnamese immigrant Du Doan, 62, into the water at Montrose Harbor, allegedly as a drunken prank, in September 2007, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Saturday.
"I am at fault for Mr. Doan's death and no one else. I take full responsibility for that," Haley said.
A month before the attack on Doan, Haley had pushed another elderly fisherman, Ronald Squires, into the harbor. That man swam to safety and Haley, 33, was later charged with aggravated battery, the Sun-Times said.
Cook County Judge John P. Kirby attached a three-year sentence to be served concurrently with the 10-year term.
"What John Haley did to Mr. Doan and Mr. Squires was the height, the epitome of being a coward," the judge said.
"This murderer will still see his family. We can only see a tombstone. This murderer will live out his aspirations -- not my father," Doan's daughter Thao said.
