A self-admitted “nasty drunk” sentenced to six years in prison nearly five years ago for killing a Halifax man with one punch has just been identified as a homicide victim.

Troy Edward William Clayton pleaded guilty to manslaughter in February of 2021 for the 2017 killing of Benjamin Lokeny.

“The Nova Scotia Medical Examiner Service conducted an autopsy and identified the victim as 59-year-old Troy Clayton from Halifax,” said a Thursday news release from Halifax Regional Police spokesman Const. Martin Cromwell.

The force doesn’t “believe the incident was random.”

Halifax police “are looking for anyone who may have dashcam footage from Gottingen Street, between Charles Street and Uniacke Street, from 11 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. on Wednesday Nov. 26, to contact police. Those with video or info

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