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Offender sentenced to life imprisonment with 12 years parole ineligibility for second-degree murder of spouse.
The offender pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for the domestic homicide of his wife.
The court considered the mandatory life sentence and had to determine the period of parole ineligibility under section 745.4 of the Criminal Code.
Accepting a joint submission from the Crown and defence, the court set the parole ineligibility period at 12 years, noting the brutal nature of the attack, the profound impact on the victim's family, and the offender's lack of a prior criminal record and early guilty plea.