A Regina father has been sentenced to a decade in prison for manslaughter in what the court described as a fatal act of vengeance. The tragedy unfolded after the drug overdose death of his pregnant daughter.
Sentencing Follows Guilty Plea
On Monday, December 2, 2025, Court of King's Bench Justice Michael Morris imposed a 10-year prison sentence on Peter Anthony Sheepskin. The 49-year-old man had pleaded guilty to manslaughter in November for his role in the 2023 death of Patrick Badger.
The chain of events began on February 8, 2023, when Sheepskin's pregnant daughter died from a drug overdose. Court heard that in a state of grief and seeking retribution, Sheepskin and his son, Darien Toto, went to a home on Garnet Street in Regina. Their target was Badger, who was the daughter's partner, the father of her unborn child, and the man they held responsible for her drug use.
A Deadly Confrontation and Denials
When the two men left the residence, 36-year-old Patrick Badger was dead. He had been beaten and was found with a piece of a .22-calibre bullet in his brain. Ministry of Social Services workers discovered his body on February 9, 2023.
Both Sheepskin and his son were originally charged with second-degree murder. However, the cases took separate paths. Darien Toto pleaded guilty to manslaughter in April 2024 and received a jointly recommended 15-year sentence from a different judge. In his agreed facts, Toto denied being the shooter and implicated his father.
Similarly, the facts presented at Peter Sheepskin's sentencing also stated that he denied pulling the trigger. Justice Morris noted this mutual denial of responsibility in his decision, stating he had to sentence Sheepskin based on the facts agreed upon in his specific case.
Judicial Reasoning Behind the 10-Year Term
The Crown prosecutor, Derek Davidson, had argued for a 15-year sentence for Sheepskin, aligning it with his son's penalty. Defence lawyer Doug Andrews had recommended an eight-year term. Justice Morris's 10-year sentence landed between these submissions.
The judge outlined key differences between the two cases. Toto faced a potential life sentence on the second-degree murder charge until his late guilty plea to manslaughter, whereas Sheepskin was only tried for manslaughter. Morris also noted that Toto had a more serious prior criminal record and the agreed facts stated he brought the firearm to the scene and later disposed of it.
Furthermore, Toto's 15-year sentence is being served concurrently with a sentence he was already serving for a separate offence. The judge calculated this made the effective length of his new sentence roughly equivalent to 11.5 years if it had been imposed consecutively.
With his decision, Justice Morris sent Peter Sheepskin to join his son in prison, closing a case rooted in personal loss and violent retaliation.
