Toronto man who killed girlfriend from unthinkable violence speaks at sentencing – Toronto [Video]

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Carland Walker stood in a Toronto courtroom Thursday, with his back to three of Nabila Aminzadah’s sisters who were sitting in the gallery and apologized to the family of his girlfriend.

On Oct. 23, a jury found Walker guilty of first-degree murder rejecting his defence that he never meant to kill his girlfriend. Walker tried to plead guilty to manslaughter at the beginning of the trial but the Crown rejected that plea.

In his elocution to the court, Walker told Justice Michael Brown that Aminzadah never deserved the abuse he put her through and reiterated what he said on the witness stand which the jury didn’t believe. “I didn’t want Nabila to die. I truly loved hurt. When I hurt her, it wasn’t love. She’s not here and it’s my fault,” said Walker.

“I am no saint …