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Court tosses double child-killer Andrew Berrys sentence appeal [Video]

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British Columbia’s top court has thrown out an attempt by double child-killer Andrew Berry to lighten his sentence.

A jury found Berry guilty on two counts of second-degree murder in September 2019, for the brutal stabbing deaths of his daughters, six-year-old Chloe and four-year-old Aubrey, on Christmas Day 2017.

He was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 22 years.

After unsuccessfully appealing his conviction, Berry challenged his sentence with several arguments, including that the trial judge had wrongly characterized his motive and had failed to properly account for the jury’s sentencing recommendations.

In a decision published Friday, a B.C. Court of Appeal three-judge panel rejected those arguments.

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