A Calgary man who shot into a crowded bar, killing a new-to-Canada refugee pleaded guilty to manslaughter on Tuesday and was handed an eight-year prison sentence.

Originally charged with second-degree murder, Yosief Daniel Hagos, 25, pleaded guilty to the lesser offence after negotiations between prosecutor Melissa Bond and defence lawyer Shamsher Kothari.

Samuel Welday Haile, 24, was fatally shot in the early morning hours of Dec. 25, 2022, at Bella's Bar in the city's southeast. 

Haile survived …