Ontario man who murdered stranger over gold chain given life sentence [Video]

A Toronto man who shot and killed Peter Khan, a stranger whom he robbed of his gold chain, has been sentenced to life in prison with a parole ineligibility period of 18 years.

Jahvon Waldron, 30, was found guilty of second-degree murder on Nov. 6, 2024, after a jury trial. He was handed his sentence by Superior Court Justice Brian O’Marra on Friday.

Waldron was also sentenced to 10 years in prison, to be served concurrently for aggravated assault and robbery for stealing the gold chain and shooting another stranger just minutes later.

Second-degree murder carries an automatic life sentence. The issue O’Marra had to decide was a period of parole ineligibility between 10 and 25 years.

Assistant Crown attorney Paul Kelly made submissions last month that an appropriate period of parole ineligibility would be 20 to 25 years, whereas defence lawyer Brian Crothers said a more appropriate period would be 12 to …