Pair found guilty of first-degree murder in OPP constables shooting death [Video]

Randall McKenzie and Brandi Stewart-Sperry have been found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2022 shooting death of Ontario Provincial Police Const. Grzegorz Pierzchala, and were immediately sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years.

The jury in Cayuga, Ont., handed down the verdict late Thursday after deliberating for about six hours following a four-week trial.

Pierzchala was shot on Dec. 27, 2022, while responding to a vehicle in a ditch west of Hagersville, Ont., near Brantford.

McKenzie, 28, and Stewart-Sperry, 32, had both pleaded not guilty. The Crown had argued that McKenzie was the shooter and that Stewart-Sperry intentionally helped him.

Superior Court Justice Andrew Goodman said McKenzie’s actions were “shocking” and he expressed sympathy for Pierzchala’s family.

“I’ve told the jury that they must be objective, but frankly, Mr. McKenzie, your actions here were callous, cold-blooded, and an assassination of a young officer …