By Zachary Fagenson
MIAMI, Feb 19 (Reuters) - A Canadian diplomat's teenage son
will serve nine months in boot camp for his role in a
drug-related shooting that killed his older brother last year
but was spared a lengthy prison sentence under a plea deal
accepted by a Florida judge on Friday.
Marc Wabafiyebazu, 15, pleaded no contest to two counts of
third-degree murder, aggravated assault and attempted armed
robbery over the March 2015 botched marijuana deal.
His older brother, 17-year-old Jean Wabafiyebazu, was killed
along with a suspected drug dealer.
Marc Wabafiyebazu has been jailed without bond since his
March arrest. He and his brother had gone to a Miami-area home
to buy an estimated $5,000 worth of marijuana, according to
police reports.
He was indicted by a Florida grand jury on one count of
first-degree murder as well as felony second-degree murder and
other charges. Prosecutors agreed to reduce his more serious
charges.
The fatal shooting occurred shortly after the Wabafiyebazu
brothers moved to Miami with their mother, diplomat Roxanne
Dubé, when she was appointed Canada's consul general in Miami in
2014.
Under the deal, her son agreed to serve nine months in a
boot camp followed by two years of house arrest and up to eight
years of probation in the United States.
Dubé said she plans to stay in the United States "as long as
necessary" to monitor her son during the punishment process that
could take up to 10 years.
She continues to work for the Canadian government but said
she no longer is serving as consul general.
Under Florida law, anyone who participates in a violent
felony in which someone dies can be charged with murder.
If he violates the terms of the agreement, he could face up
to 60 years in prison, said Florida Circuit Court Judge Teresa
Mary Pooler during a court hearing.
If he completes all the terms of his agreement, the crimes
could be removed from his record, Pooler said.
(Editing by Letitia Stein and Cynthia Osterman)