Man who killed woman, 2 children gets life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years
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A man who murdered his on-again, off-again girlfriend and two of her children has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years.
Justice Howard Leibovich handed down his sentence to Cory Fenn Tuesday morning in Superior Court in Oshawa.
Fenn, 33, was found guilty of three counts of second-degree murder for the 2018 killings of 39-year-old Krassimira Pejcinovski, her 15-year-old son, Roy, and her daughter, Venellia, 13.
Leibovich decided the parole ineligibility periods for the murders of Pejcinovski and Roy would be served concurrently.
The judge is now awaiting the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in the Alexander Bissonnette case on whether it is constitutional to impose consecutive periods of parole ineligibility for multiple murders before sentencing Fenn for Venellia's murder.
The Quebec Court of Appeal overturned the 40-year period of parole ineligibility for Bissonnette, who pleaded guilty to six counts of first-degree murder after killing six people at a Quebec City mosque in 2017.
The outcome of the Quebec case could shape how Leibovich sentences Fenn.
Second-degree murder carries a mandatory life sentence with a minimum of 10 years before parole eligibility.
The Crown had initially sought a sentence of 72 years before Fenn could apply for parole, while Fenn did not make submissions.
Leibovich called Fenn's actions "horrific" as he delivered the sentence.
"Mr. Fenn's actions destroyed the family and caused considerable harm to the community," Leibovich said Tuesday.
The Crown had sought a sentence of 72 years before Fenn could apply for parole, while Fenn noted 10 years would be "perfect." Fenn fired his lawyer before the trial and did not call a defence, although a court-appointed lawyer made closing submissions on his behalf.
Fenn lived in the basement of Pejcinovski's home and the two had a relationship the judge described as "toxic."
On March 14, 2018, Fenn stabbed Pejcinovski to death.
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