TORONTO – A man convicted in the grisly stabbing of a Toronto hotel worker has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years.
Adonay Zekarias was found guilty Tuesday of first-degree murder in the death of 55-year-old Nighisti Semret three years ago.
The conviction carries an automatic sentence.
Court heard during trial that Semret was walking home after an overnight shift at a busy downtown hotel in October 2012 when she was attacked in a laneway by a man who stabbed her seven times.
It heard the mother of three fought for her life but died of her wounds in hospital less than an hour after the stabbing.
Crown prosecutors had alleged her slaying was a “planned and deliberate murder,” with all evidence in the case pointing to Zekarias as the killer, but the motive for his crime remained shrouded in mystery.
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