In the deaths of the boys, the jury found Al Ballouz guilty of first-degree murder, which carries an automatic life sentence without possibility of parole for 25 years.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.A Quebec Superior Court judge described a triple murderer Friday as “sadistic” and remorseless as he handed down a sentence of life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years.Al Ballouz, who was Bussières’ husband at the time, was also convicted of arson for setting fire to the family condo in the Montreal suburb of Brossard, Que.
“The evidence shows that the accused shows no remorse, no empathy. Mohamad Al Ballouz, alias Levana Ballouz, is a deeply narcissistic person,” the judge told the court, adding the killer’s manipulative personality makes it “impossible to envisage medium to long-term rehabilitation and mitigation to the risk of recidivism.”Toronto police ID officer who died on duty from medical episodeDuring the trial, the court heard that Bussières, 38, was stabbed 23 times.
The judge said the mistreatment of an intimate partner in a family home and the accused’s attempts to cover up the crime also factored into the sentencing decision.
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