Hitman in Ripudaman Singh Malik killing sentenced to life in prison

One of the two men who pleaded guilty in the killing of a former suspect in the 1985 Air India bombing has been sentenced.

Tanner Fox was sentenced to life in prison with no parole eligibility for 20 years.

Fox and Jose Lopez pleaded guilty to second-degree murder last October in the shooting death of Ripudaman Singh Malik.

2:18 Malik murder trial evidence obtained by Global News

Prosecutors said the two men were hired and paid to kill Malik but they have not revealed who they believe hired them. Outside court on Tuesday, Malik’s family said they pleaded with Fox through victim impact statements to reveal who hired him.

“I’m asking both Mr. Fox and Mr. Lopez to do the right thing,” Jaspreet Singh Malik, Ripudaman’s son said.

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“Tell the RCMP who hired you. Let those people be brought to justice. We hope and pray that the RCMP continue this work and search down and find and bring to justice those people who hired Mr. Fox and Mr. Lopez.”

Malik was previously charged with multiple offences in connection with the Air India bombing but was acquitted alongside another suspect in 2005.

1:36 Hitman Tanner Fox sentenced in B.C. murder of Ripudaman Singh Malik

More than 300 people died in the bombing.

In October, Fox and Lopez got into a physical altercation in court.

Lopez is set to be sentenced on Friday.