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On Tuesday, Joshua Bredo stood before Judge Geoffrey Gaul in Victoria Law Courts to receive a sentence of nine years, two months, and 17 days for the brutal 2011 killing of Daniel Levesque.
Bredo, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter the day before, will serve an additional two years less a day in jail, with his pretrial custody, at a rate of one and a half time served, taken into account. The sentence spares him incarceration in a federal penitentiary (being less than two years) and will see him serve his time in a provincial institution.
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Stacey Thur, LevesqueB次元官网网址檚 mother, cast doubt on the statement of remorse Bredo made to the court Monday.
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Thur said her son had been an exceptional human being and that it was what made him special that probably got him killed.
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Her son was the most serious of BredoB次元官网网址檚 victims, she said, noting that it was previously revealed in court that Bredo had a string of other victims of his character and falsehoods.
Thur and her surviving son, Joel, and daughter, Lainey, stood outside the courthouse, embracing one another as Thur expressed her gratitude to her home community of Revelstoke for the townB次元官网网址檚 unflagging support.
She also thanked the friends and family who refused to walk away during the long and painful quest for justice.
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