CALGARY – A well-known white supremacist convicted of murder will soon hear how long it will be before he is eligible for parole.
Robert Reitmeier was found guilty of second degree murder in the brutal beating death of Mark Mariani on Wednesday.
Second degree murder carries with it an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for a minimum of 10 years and a maximum of 25.
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A Calgary justice will hear submissions for parole eligibility on Tuesday.
She’ll then give her recommendations to the National Parole Board, who will decide if Reitmeier will ever be released back into the community.
Mariani was killed in a random attack in an alley in October of 2010.
The 37-year-old suffered from a medical condition that required him to have an ostomy bag.
The day he was killed, court heard Mariani wandered into an alley behind a northwest strip mall to empty the bag, which is where he encountered two men painting graffiti who viciously attacked him.
His body was found in a nearby parking lot later that day.
Another man accused in the death pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Tyler Sturrup was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for ten years.
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