Life In Prison

• Montreal man faces life sentence after officials say his drugs killed 4 people in U.S.

  The U.S. Department of Justice says the drugs trafficked by Jason Joey Berry, 39, led to 15 overdoses. He pleaded guilty last week to conspiracy to import and distribute fentanyl.

  Canada

  Aug 2, 2022
  
• B.C. man sentenced to life in prison for murder of longtime Vancouver businessman

  Brian Roger Holt has received life in prison with 10 years of parole ineligibility for the murder of 78-year-old John Leslie McIver.

  Crime

  Jul 28, 2022
  
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• Dillon Whitehawk sentenced to life in prison for two first-degree murders

  The presiding judge, Justice Neil Robertson sentenced Whitehawk to life in prison for two first-degree murders he was found guilty of committing in 2019.

  Crime

  Jun 10, 2022
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• Kalen Schlatter handed life sentence with no parole for 25 years in Tess Richey’s murder

  A Toronto man who sexually assaulted and strangled a young woman to death hours after they met has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years.

  Crime

  Mar 25, 2020
• Kelowna man sentenced to life in prison for 2014 late-night killing in Rutland

  After being found guilty last summer of killing Chris Ausman with a hammer in a late-night street fight in 2014, Steven Pirko was handed his jail sentence on Friday.

  Crime

  Jan 31, 2020
• Mississauga man sentenced to life in Richmond Hill triple shooting that killed 2 teens

  Timothy Doug-Hyun Lee was found guilty in May of first-degree murder, manslaughter and attempted murder.

  Crime

  Jul 20, 2018
• Calgary woman sentenced to life in prison for 2nd-degree murder of 78-year-old mother

  Nearly two-and-a-half years after her mother's death, Lisa Freihaut has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison.

  Crime

  Jun 11, 2018
• Man who survived gang assassination in Kelowna sentenced to life in Philippines prison

  James Riach, a B.C. man who survived a targeted shooting August 2011 in Kelowna that killed Jonathan Bacon, has been sentenced to life in prison for drug smuggling in the Philippines, local media is reporting. 

  Crime

  Mar 2, 2018
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• Austin Vielle gets life in prison with no chance of parole for 20 years for Lethbridge triple murder

  Life in prison with no chance of parole for 20 years. That's the sentence 24-year-old Austin Vielle has been handed after brutally killing three friends in a drunken attack.

  Crime

  Jan 9, 2018
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• Convicted Calgary wife killer Robert Bell granted unescorted absences from prison

  The Parole Board has agreed to the conditional passes after a hearing last week. The idea is for him to reconnect with family and start the re-integration process.

  Crime

  Aug 5, 2016