In a Toronto courtroom Thursday, Norbert Budai had one last chance to address the court before being sent to a federal penitentiary to start serving a life sentence with no eligibility for parole until he’s served 25 years in prison.
“I would like to apologize,” said Budai through a Hungarian translator.
“I know there is no excuse for it and I cannot start again. I would like to find a way to get back to how it used to be. As time passes, I realize I cannot go back to the beginning. I think that it was an unplanned series of events.”
The 41-year-old Hungarian refugee, who came to Canada with his common-law wife Henrietta Viski and the couple’s three children in 2019, was found guilty last month of first-degree murder after killing Viski, from whom he was estranged.
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He faces being deported if he completes his prison sentence and is granted parole.
On June …