Overview
- Febrio De-Zoysa pleaded guilty in Ottawa court to four counts of first-degree murder, two counts of second-degree murder and one count of attempted murder.
- He was sentenced to life in prison with parole ineligibility for 25 years, with terms to run concurrently under rules that prohibit consecutive life-without-parole sentences.
- Six victims were killed — a mother, her four children and a family friend — and the children’s father survived with serious injuries.
- Justice Kevin Phillips condemned the crimes as among the city’s worst, calling the violence “stupefying, monstrous — even demonic” and telling De-Zoysa he “betrayed their trust.”
- Victim impact statements were delivered in a packed courtroom as the plea resolved a trial that had been scheduled to begin later this month.