A Vancouver senior who murdered two people at a high-rise in Vancouver’s West End in 2017 has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 13 years.
Leonard Landrick, 76, was convicted on two counts of second-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of Sandra McInnis, 57, and Neil Croker, 51, last November.
All three lived in the Ocean Towers complex on Morton Avenue.
McInnes was a longtime resident and board member, while Croker was the building’s caretaker.
During the trial, the court saw video evidence of Landrick passing through the building’s lobby the day of the murders, and returning shirtless several hours later.
Under cross examination, Landrick claimed he’d tripped and fallen during an early-morning walk, and disposed of his shirt and shoes in a garbage.
He also claimed in court that his victims had spiked his drink weeks before the murders, and that he’d been sexually assaulted by Croker.
Crown argued that the allegations, which have not been proven, were Landrick’s motive for stabbing the two victims.
— With files from Sean Boynton
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