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A Calgary man accused of 1st degree murder in the death of his wife last year pleaded guilty Monday to the lesser charge of manslaughter.
Yanrong Cheng, 41, was discovered in a home on Edgehill Drive N.W. on Feb. 7, 2010 in medical distress. She was taken to hospital, where she later died.
Her husband Shengjun An, 44, was charged the next day in her death.
Court heard that An had become upset after learning that Cheng had had an affair.
Two children, a toddler and a teenager, lived in the home with the couple, police said.
Pathologist's accuracy doubted
An's month-long trial was set to begin two weeks ago, but it was delayed and scaled back to just three days.
It was not clear why the charge against him was reduced to manslaughter.
One of the people on the tentative witness list was Dr. Michael Belenky, the pathologist who performed an autopsy on Cheng's body.
Belenky left his position as an assistant chief medical examiner last month. A short time later questions were raised about the accuracy of his forensic examinations.
Last month Alberta Justice officials revealed that all of Belenky's expert reports are being reviewed.
911 changes
Cheng's death prompted a change in the way 911 calls from cellphones are handled.
About 15 hours before Cheng was found , a 911 operator received a hang-up call from her cellphone.
The 911 centre followed up on that call, but police were not dispatched.
Investigators didn't even know about the call until a few days after Cheng's death, when they checked her cellphone records.
Cellphone subscriber information is now pulled to obtain address information and officers are dispatched if a caller seems to be in distress, officials announced last year.