webfact Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Canadian serial killer pleads guilty to murder of eight people By Tyler Choi FILE PHOTO: Police investigate a home that accused serial killer Bruce McArthur worked at in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 6, 2018. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo TORONTO (Reuters) - A Canadian man charged with the murder of eight men who disappeared over several years pleaded guilty to the charges on Tuesday, police said, in a case that shook Toronto's gay community. Bruce McArthur, a 67-year-old landscaper, was arrested last January, and most of his victims, some of whose remains were found on a property where he worked, had ties to the Gay Village area in downtown Toronto. Toronto police have been criticized by some in the LGBTQ community for taking years to solve disappearances dating back to at least 2010 in the Gay Village neighbourhood. Detective David Dickinson, who spoke to media at the Ontario Superior Court, said the motive for the killing was not yet known. Dickinson said sentencing would take place Feb 4 with victim-impact statements on the same day. Police confirmed the names of the victims as Selim Esen, Andrew Kinsman, Majeed Kayhan, Soroush Mahmudi, Dean Lisowick, Kirushna Kumar Kanagaratnam, Skandaraj Navaratnam and Abdulbasir Faizi. McArthur will likely have the mandatory minimum of life imprisonment and be eligible for parole in 25 years, according to University of Ottawa Faculty of Law assistant professor, Kyle Kirkup. "I hope that there will be some solace for the families and friends of the victims, and for the community more broadly,” said Rachel Giese, editorial director of the Daily Xtra, a Canadian news outlet for LGBTQ community. "However, I don’t think this doesn’t end the questions about how this was handled by the police, and what will be done to make sure there will be true justice for the victims, for the families, and for the community.” (Reporting by Tyler Choi; Editing by Bernadette Baum) -- © Copyright Reuters 2019-01-30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Troll post reported and removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Sounds like plenty if source material for 'Cold Case' on the telly! - but it might have to be a serialized edition... Too long for '48Hours' to handle... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKr Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 good that scum is off the streets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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