Alek Minassian was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 25 years on June 13. He filed an appeal with the Ontario Superior Court this week. On appeal, Minassian argues, among other things, that the judge “misunderstood” expert testimony and made unreasonable findings of fact related to the refusal to find him not criminally responsible. The heinous crime shocked the entire city. Eight women and two men died on April 23, 2018, when the bent 25-year-old, angered by women who wouldn’t sleep with him and radicalized in the depths of the internet, deliberately drove a rental truck onto a busy sidewalk in the city’s north end. Another woman died more than three years later from injuries sustained that day. More to come.
