Robert ‘Bobby’ Thomas will spend life behind bars, ineligible for parole for 18 years, for his role in Megan Gallagher’s murder.
Thomas was originally charged with first-degree murder, but pleaded guilty to the lesser offence of second-degree murder.
Justice Daryl Labach handed down the sentence at Saskatoon’s Court of King’s Bench on Friday, following a joint submission by the Crown and defence.
“None of this will ever bring Megan back, is what it comes down to. It didn’t need to happen,” Gallagher’s father, Brian Gallagher, told journalists.
“There are no winners in this. There are so many tragedies. His family, in there, is just as deeply affected by this as we are. We’re all in a state of shock and deep suffering — and so are they.”
The 30-year-old woman was reported missing on Sept. 30, 2020.