SPRINGDALE, Ark. (KNWA)  – A man accused of killing his roommate at their Springdale apartment nearly two years ago has pleaded guilty in the case.

Mei Ka Sin, 25, accepted a guilty plea on Monday in exchange for a lesser sentence, according to the Benton County Circuit Court. 

Sin was charged with murder in the shooting death of Rwabuzisoni Daniel at their Chapel Ridge Apartment on North Oak Street in July 2017.

Sin was sentenced to 20 years in state prison.