Wab Kinew says Jeremy Skibicki should stay behind bars for life [Video]

WINNIPEG –

Convicted serial killer Jeremy Skibicki should never again see the light of day as a free person, and any future parole hearings should take into account the impact his killings have had on family members, Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said Thursday.

Skibicki was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison, with no chance of parole for 25 years, for killing four Indigenous women in Winnipeg. The trial heard Skibicki targeted his victims at homeless shelters, then strangled or drowned them before disposing of their remains in garbage bins.

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The four concurrent life sentences, and 25 years without parole eligibility, are the maximum penalty under federal law. Ottawa used to have a law that allowed for consecutive sentences with longer periods of parole ineligibility, but the Supreme Court of Canada struck it down two years ago.

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