Toronto man pleads guilty in death of CBC producer

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A Toronto man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of a former CBC producer who was shoved to the ground while walking in Toronto’s east end last year.

Robert Robin Cropearedwolf, 45, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death former CBC journalist Douglas Michael Finlay on May 9, 2024.

Finlay, a former radio producer, was walking on Danforth Avenue, near Jones Avenue, in the middle of the afternoon when he was allegedly shoved to the ground and seriously injured. Toronto police described the attack as “random” at the time. "Michael will be remembered as an exceptional story-teller, documentary-maker and editor,” CBC spokesperson Chuck Thompson said in a statement after he died. Finlay spent 31 years with the public broadcaster before retiring in 2010.

 

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