WINNIPEG — A man who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the deaths of his common-law partner and their two children is to serve a life sentence with no parole eligibility for 16 years.
Court of King's Bench Justice Chris Martin agreed Thursday to a joint recommendation from Crown and defence lawyers at the sentencing hearing for Trevis McLeod in Winnipeg.
Fire crews were initially called to the home after neighbours reported the unit was ablaze. Firefighters would later find the three victims dead in two upstairs bedrooms. At the time of the slayings, McLeod was experiencing delusions that Shantelle Murphy and other"bad actors" were sexually abusing Isabella and Mason, court heard.
McLeod admitted to having seven or eight beers at the family home. He found a metal pipe and used it to bludgeon Murphy and the two children. He first went to his brother's house and banged on a window. The brother knew McLeod struggled with a methamphetamine addiction and assumed he was"methed right out," Queau-Guzzi read from the statement of facts.McLeod then went to his sister's house, where he pointed at her and told her,"This is all your fault," before punching her in the face. Police were called shorty after the interaction.
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