Dewayne Vacciana, 43, was sentenced Monday to 12 and a half years in prison for killing his wife, 54-year-old Terrie Lynn Thompson of Belleville, Ont., in October 2019. According to an agreed statement of facts provided to Global News by the Crown attorney, Vacciana admitted to killing Thompson and later pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
At the time of the killing, Vacciana and Thompson were married and living together in an apartment on Cannifton Road in Belleville. According to the statement of facts, Vacciana was a migrant worker from Jamaica, whose work visa had expired, and he was facing deportation after immigration was tipped off. According to the statement, Vacciana believed Thompson was the tipster but she was not.
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On the day of her death, just after noon on Oct. 15, 2019, Vacciana confronted Thompson in their apartment where she was beaten and fatally stabbed in the neck. Hours later, Thompson’s son found her lifeless body on the couch.
The Crown attorney has accepted Vacciana’s manslaughter plea. With time already served, he will spend the next seven years in jail. Crown attorney Lee Burgess tells Global News that Vacciana will likely be deported to Jamaica after serving his time.