UPDATED: Pickering man convicted in the murder of pregnant wife sentenced to life in prison
Earlier this year, Nicholas Baig admitted to murdering his wife Arianna Goberdhan, who was found dead in a home near Brock and Taunton roads in Pickering on the night of April 17, 2017.
Goberdhan, who was nine months pregnant at the time of her death, was stabbed 17 times, her parents said.He pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in his wife’s death in January of this year and was sentenced this morning in an Ajax courtroom, which was filled with members of Goberdhan’s family and friends.
In her decision, Justice Jocelyn Speyer described the volatile relationship between Baig and Goberdhan, including past domestic assault charges Baig has faced. Speaking to the media outside the courthouse following the hearing, the victim’s parents said they are little disappointed by the sentence.In an interview with CTV News Toronto on Wednesday night, she said she and her husband continue to grieve the loss of not only their daughter, but their unborn granddaughter.Under the Criminal Code, a child can only be the victim of homicide if it has lived outside its mother’s body, a law Goberdhan’s parents want to see changed.
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