During his sentencing by Court of King’s Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal Wednesday for the first-degree murders of four Indigenous women, serial killer Jeremy Skibicki was asked three times by the judge to stand up. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * During his sentencing by Court of King’s Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal Wednesday for the first-degree murders of four Indigenous women, serial killer Jeremy Skibicki was asked three times by the judge to stand up. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? Opinion During his sentencing by Court of King’s Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal Wednesday for the first-degree murders of four Indigenous women, serial killer Jeremy Skibicki was asked three times by the judge to stand up.
He refused each time. Finally, after instructions quietly delivered by his lawyer, Skibicki rose. JAMES CULLETON COURT SKETCH / FREE PRESS FILES Court of King’s Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal asked Jeremy Skibicki three times to stand up.
Joyal then asked him if he had anything to say. “No,” Skibicki told the court. It was a symbolic end to a horror-filled trial, an indelible reminder of how far this often-apathetic country needs to go to end the scourge of murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls.
Skibicki will now serve his four “life sentences” concurrently, which means 25 years before being allowed to apply for parole. That means the 37-year old mur.