Second escaped inmate who murdered Greater Victoria man sentenced to life in jail
The second of two escaped inmates convicted of murdering Greater Victoria man Martin Payne was sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison with no parole for 25 years.
Armitage appeared in a Vancouver courtroom for his sentencing on Wednesday morning. He was removed at the mid-point of last year’s first-degree murder trial, which spanned five weeks in November and December, after changing his initial plea from not guilty to guilty. “As if losing him weren’t hard enough, we had to lose him in this terrifying way, it breaks my heart that this lovely, kind man had to suffer this cruel end,” said Payne’s ex-wife Catherine. “My body cringes at the thought of the nightmare he had to endure. I don’t understand how anyone can treat another human being in this inhumane, evil way.”
Colleen addressed Armitage directly, saying she couldn’t help but think he had a lifetime of trauma, pain and loss that led to where he is today. She then called on the man to seek help available in the prison system to “look inside your heart and soul and try to heal your own inner pain.”
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