Robert Badgerow arrives at the Kitchener, Ont. courthouse where his precedent-setting fourth trial on the same murder charge began this week.
Robert Badgerow, who was found guilty of the 1981 sexual assault and murder of a Hamilton nursing assistant after four trials, has suddenly abandoned his bid for early parole. "This was a rare and unexpected turn of events," Crown lawyer Cheryl Gzik told CBC Hamilton. The case went before a jury Monday.Robert Badgerow arrives at the Kitchener, Ont., courthouse in 2016 on the first day of his fourth trial in the 1981 killing of 23-year-old Diane Werendowicz of Hamilton.
Robert Badgerow, who had four trials before his 2016 conviction in 23-year-old Diane Werendowicz's death, received the mandatory sentence of life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years. Normally, he wouldn't have been allowed to apply until 2032. "Robert Badgerow was privileged to live a life and enjoy all that it had to offer without consequences until 18 years later from the time he murdered my aunt," it read.
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