Toronto man who killed girlfriend in act of unthinkable violence gets life in prison [Video]

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A Toronto man guilty of killing his girlfriend in an act of “unthinkable” violence has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years.

Carland Walker was convicted in October by a jury for the first-degree murder of Nabila Aminzadah – another case of intimate partner violence that is a “pervasive scourge on society,” Justice Michael Brown said as he delivered his sentence Friday.

It was just after 3 a.m. on Nov. 12, 2021, when police were called to the basement apartment on Ellesmere Road, near Morningside Road, where Walker lived with his brother.

According to evidence heard in court, when paramedics arrived, Aminzadah, 36, was lying on her back in Walker’s bedroom with bruising on her body, a swollen face, her eyes swollen shut and marks all over her …