Judge Hélène Di Salvo endorsed the parties' common suggestion, namely life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for 10 and a half years.
“It’s a story of immeasurable sadness,” said the judge at the end of the trial. “Rarely in a decision for a sentence of 2nd degree murder, the words “love”, “compassion” and “distress” can find a place,” she added.
Mr. Brassard arrived at the courthouse accompanied by his loved ones.
The octogenarian shyly greeted those accompanying him before leaving for detention.
Brassard pleaded guilty last week to second-degree murder in the strangulation death of Thérèse Brassard-Lévesque in September 2023 in a retirement home in Terrebonne, in Lanaudière.
Testimony from the couple's family members read in court portrayed Gilles Brassard as a loving husband and father, who tried to take care of his wife as long as he could before she became too ill and aggressive. to live at home.
Second-degree murder carries an automatic sentence of life in prison, with a mandatory minimum of 10 years before an offender can apply for parole.
With information from the Canadian Press
