The offender pleaded guilty to second degree murder and arson after breaking into the apartment of a pregnant woman to steal her underwear.
When discovered, he brutally murdered the victim and subsequently set the apartment on fire to destroy evidence.
The court weighed the extreme brutality of the unprovoked attack, the vulnerability of the pregnant victim, and the severe post-offence conduct against the offender's guilty plea and lack of prior record.
The court sentenced the offender to life imprisonment with a 22-year period of parole ineligibility for the murder, and a concurrent 5-year sentence for arson.
