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A Calgary man who killed his wife in 2020 when he drove over her in a loaded U-Haul has been sentenced to 15 years behind bars.
Ronald John Candaele killed 33-year-old Melissa Blommaert in 2020.
Though he was found guilty of second-degree murder in a 2021 trial, the Alberta Court of Appeal overturned his conviction and found him guilty of manslaughter instead.
The Crown was asking for a sentence of 15 to 18 years for the manslaughter conviction, while Candaele’s lawyer wanted six to 10 years.
“This case is the result of a culmination of domestic violence that ended in a tragic killing,” said Justice Blair Nixon in his sentencing decision, released Monday.
“This manslaughter case is as close to murder as one can get without tripping over that line.”
Why manslaughter?
Blommaert died around 4:10 a.m. on Feb. 10, 2020, on 34 Avenue N.W. between 79 and …