Alek Minassian

A judge has sentenced killer Alek Minassian to a life sentence with no eligibility of parole for 25 years for the deadly 2018 van attack in North York.

She and her friend were hit by the van. The sketch, in coloured pencil on lined paper of the sun shining down on the boy and his mother, moved the court to tears. "My short-term memory continues to suffer from the head injuries." "She was at the prime of her life, completely healthy and vibrant." "In reality, this is a murder," Molloy said. She lived for more than three years in two hospitals, her heart stopping many times, but eventually died last October as a direct results of her injuries. Tesfamariam's niece, Luwam Ogbaselassie, described her aunt's life after the attack. Monday was a day for victims and their families as court heard dozens of impact statements from those deeply affected by the attack. He was in town with his wife to visit their children and grandchildren. Diyon lost his mother, Renuka Amarasinghe, in the tragedy. Another woman died more than three years later from injuries suffered that day. "What you said counts, it matters, it matters to me and it will matter to other people who will have to make decisions in the future."

One by one, their stories echoed throughout a courtroom Monday — a parade of victims, family, friends and community members whose lives were forever changed ...

Jiang performed CPR on a victim who died at the scene, leaving her with "years of guilt and self doubt as a healthcare professional in training," she said. She said almost all of the bones in her face were broken, save for her forehead. On Monday, he remained quiet throughout his sentencing hearing, sitting in an ill-fitting grey suit, balding, and spending much of the time staring at the floor. That was why her physical pain was later dwarfed by the agony of finding out Chung hadn't survived. She found her friend on the ground a few metres away, not moving. In a victim impact statement that was read out in court, Ra said her last memory was waiting for a light to change — then she woke up on the ground, covered in blood and in unbearable pain, gasping for air.

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The Crown and defence put forth a joint submission that recognized Tesfamariam, who died more than three years later from injuries suffered in the attack. She cannot work due to her injuries and is only able to get out of bed in the afternoon and evening. Ra So recalled walking with her friend, So He Chung, at the corner of Yonge Street and Finch Avenue, on the day of the attack. She saw her friend, who was unconscious, but not bleeding. Jiang said she has lived with self doubt ever since. She looked around and saw bodies and blood everywhere. When she woke up, no one would tell her what happened to her friend. Robert Anderson described a litany of debilitating injuries in his victim impact statement, which was read by the Crown attorney. When she looked down, she saw blood covering her own body. "My short-term memory continues to suffer from the head injuries." On Monday, he remained quiet throughout his sentencing hearing, sitting in an ill-fitting grey suit, balding, staring much of the time at the floor. She and her friend were hit.

The van attack killer will be sentenced to life in prison, but not before a Toronto court hears the accounts of dozens of people who had their lives changed ...

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The sentencing hearing could last multiple days as it will hear from several dozen people affected by the April 23, 2018, van attack in Toronto.

Eight women and two men died on April 23, 2018, when Minassian, bent on infamy, angered by women who wouldn’t sleep with him and radicalized in the bowels of the internet deliberately drove a rented van down a busy sidewalk. Alek Minassian has also been sentenced to 20 years for 15 counts of attempted murder, which are to be served concurrently. The man responsible for Toronto’s deadly 2018 van attack has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years.

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I long for the day this pain might diminish. The daily tears my family continues to shed would overflow a courtroom. My greatest fear is that this man would ever be able to carry out such an act again,” said Janet Jiang, one of the civilian responders. “As someone who witnessed this event, my world is changed forever. “It’s lovely,” said Molloy, who wiped away a few tears in the busy courtroom filled with dozens of victims and their families. She said her children were “extremely traumatized” by the loss of their grandfather and her mother, a woman in her 80s, had to learn how to live without her partner of more than 50 years.