A warning that this story contains distubing details of violence.
Nathaniel Jessup will remain a dangerous offender despite an appeal to remove the designation.
Jessup was convicted of unlawful act manslaughter and offering an indignity to human remains back in 2022.
The case goes back to 2015, when 59-year-old Katherine McAdam was found dead in her basement suite in Creston.
The exact cause of death is unknown, but the court heard that she died from a “violent assault” that caused a “not insignificant shedding of blood.”
Jessup committed the assault and removed McAdam’s body from the suite and took it to another location to dismember it.
He was found guilty and sentenced to an indeterminate detention for the manslaughter, with a concurrent three years for the second offence.
Jessup was also labeled a dangerous offender.
By the time sentencing happened, the original trial judge had retired and a second judge took over.
Jessup’s appeal was on the basis that the sentencing judge erred in finding he meets the criteria for a dangerous offender designation.
He submitted that he should be labeled a long‑term offender and asked the court to impose a cumulative determinate sentence in the range of 16-22 years imprisonment, less credit for time spent in pre‑sentence custody.
Jessup’s criminal history was brought up when deciding on a dangerous offender designation.
That history includes eight charges between 2010-2017, including three separate instances of throwing feces at a peace officer
The judge overseeing the appeal has ruled that the sentencing judge did not err in his assessment and the designation will remain.
The decision was delivered on Oct. 28.
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