A man who killed a security guard while stealing copper near Thetford Mines was sentenced to 15 years in prison Monday.

Eddy Rivest received the sentence after pleading guilty to a reduced charge of manslaughter after killing Roland Hardy at a mine near Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine.

Hardy’s colleagues found him dead on July 23, 2010 at the abandoned Normandy asbestos mine on Vimy Rd. in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec.

Rivest, after time served, will see his sentence end in 13 years and eight months. He will no longer have the right to own a firearm for the rest of his life.

-With a file from The Canadian Press