Kelowna father Jacob Forman was sentenced in B.C. Supreme Court to life in prison without the chance of parole for 35 years for the murder of his wife Clara and two daughters, seven-year-old Karina and eight-year-old Yesenia.
The 35-year-old earlier pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree murder and two counts of first-degree murder for the incidents which occurred on Dec. 17, 2017.
Judge Allan Betton accepted the sentence put forward by the Crown that will see Forman serve 25 years concurrently for the death of his daughters, plus another 10 years for the murder of his wife before he gets a shot at parole. With time served, he will spend 33 more years behind bars. He will be nearly 70-years-old at that point.
While the Multiple Murders Act was introduced to the Criminal Code in 2011 to allow murder sentences to be served consecutively, this marks the first time in B.C. this kind of sentence has been given for somebody convicted of multiple murders.
The defence was arguing for a 25-year sentence with all three convictions served concurrently.
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Jacob Forman sentenced to 35 years before a shot at parole for the murder of his wife and daughters. The consecutive sentencing is the first of its kind in British Columbia.
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