The sentencing phase of Canadian Bruce McArthur’s trial has been moved to Friday after an announcement by a Canadian judge in the case, Reuters reported Tuesday.
McArthur, 67, pleaded guilty to eight counts of first-degree murder in connection to a police investigation of missing men in Toronto’s Gay Village neighborhood, the report said.
He was arrested in January 2018 and charged with the murders of five men in a case that shook Toronto’s gay community, Reuters reported.
Last week, McArthur pleaded to killing eight men, identified as Selim Esen, Andrew Kinsman, Majeed Kayhan, Soroush Mahmudi, Dean Lisowick, Kirushna Kumar Kanagaratnam, Skandaraj Navaratnam and Abdulbasir Faizi, the news agency reported.
Graphic details of the killings, including how Kinsman’s blood was found in McArthur’s van, as well as pictures from McArthur’s computer containing photos of Esen, Kinsman, Mahmudi and Lisowick were displayed at the hearing, Reuters reported.
Crown Attorney Craig Harpe, said the Crown was seeking consecutive sentences for the six murders McArthur was eligible to be charged for, the report said. Harper also said he wanted McArthur’s parole set at 50 years.
– WN.com, Jack Durschlag
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