Man appeals conviction in London, Ont. Muslim family killing [Video]

The man convicted of murdering a Muslim family in London, Ont., is appealing his life sentence for an act deemed by a judge to be terrorism.

Nathaniel Veltman is appealing his four convictions for first-degree murder and his conviction for attempted murder, for which he was sentenced in February 2024, according to court documents.

His lawyer had already indicated he planned to file an appeal a couple of months after he was sentenced last year.

Veltman was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years for hitting the Afzaal family with his truck in 2021 while they were out for a walk in London, Ont.

Forty-six-year-old Salman Afzaal; his 44-year-old wife, Madiha Salman; their 15-year-old daughter, Yumna; and her 74-year-old grandmother, Talat Afzaal were killed in the attack.

The couple’s nine-year-old child was hurt but survived.

Justice Renee Pomerance, who presided over the trial held in Windsor, Ont., ruled …