Story Updated. -James F. From the Cat Country newsroom: bit.ly/1E8ygw8 (CP) - The Moncton shooter has been sentenced to serve 75 years in prison before becoming eligible to apply for parole for the June 4th rampage that killed three RCMP officers and wounded two others. Judge David Smith of the Court of Queens Bench delivered his precedent-setting ruling Friday in Moncton after a sentencing hearing earlier this week during which the 24-year-old apologized to the families of the Mounties he shot. The sentence is the harshest in Canada since the last executions in 1962. The shooter pleaded guilty in August to three counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder. The 24-year-old was facing a mandatory life sentence, so the only issue for Smith to decide was when he could apply for parole. The Crown sought the maximum sentence of 75 years under a section of the Criminal Code that was amended in 2011. The defence argued for parole eligibility to be set at 50 years.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 18:35:15 +0000
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