Michael Anthony Roebuck was ordered him to serve a minimum 25 years without parole for killing his neighbour Daniel MacDonald.
The defence had argued Roebuck was provoked into the deadly attack, which could reduce murder to manslaughter, during an altercation the two men had in a nearby gas station parking lot near their homes just minutes before the killing.Article content
Roebuck said he feared the threat meant MacDonald would burn his house down, possibly with him inside. During Roebuck’s testimony he said he was knocked down by MacDonald three times and after the third stood over him, pointed at him and made the threat. Roebuck’s sentencing was to be delayed as 13 family and friends of the deceased had filed victim-impact statements.
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