A 60-year-old man convicted of killing three women during an hour-long rampage in the Ottawa Valley two years ago has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 70 years.
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Basil Borutski stayed silent for the entire six-week trial, except on the final day, just hours before jury deliberations. When the jury was absent, Borutski called the Judge, Justice Robert Maranger a liar, said "I’m not guilty" and claimed he wasn't given a fair trial during a courtroom outburst.
A jury has found 60-year-old Basil Borutski guilty of two counts of first degree murder and one count of second degree murder in the killings of three Ottawa valley women in September of 2015.
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Crown attorney Jeffery Richardson says jurors ought to have no reasonable doubts that Basil Borutski killed three former friends in a carefully executed plan to exact revenge.
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Legal experts say the spectacle of an accused murderer grilling the father of his alleged victim on the witness stand is an unusual manifestation of an increasingly common occurrence in the Canadian justice system.
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OTTAWA -- The man accused of killing three women in a revenge-fuelled rampage in the Ottawa Valley two years ago made an unexpected move Thursday during his first-degree murder trial: he actually took part.
While accused murderer Basil Borutski sits silently in cour, the jury heard a startling admission in his own voice today, that he killed three women.
In a lengthy interview with the OPP investigator played before the jury, Borutski cited the Bible, saying God made the killings easy for him.
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OTTAWA -- The man on trial for murdering three women in the Ottawa Valley two years ago told police he killed his three former acquaintances because they were not innocent.
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Accused murderer Basil Borutski painted himself the victim today.
In a five-hour police interview played for court, Borutski explained how he was framed by the very women he's accused of killing.
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OTTAWA -- Women and law enforcement had been conspiring to ruin Basil Borutski's life for decades, the accused killer told police the day after three of his female Ottawa Valley acquaintances were found dead in 2015.
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OTTAWA -- Basil Borutski had nothing to say for himself Monday as the former millwright, accused of killing three women in the Ottawa Valley in 2015, refused to enter a plea at the start of his murder trial.
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A vigil was held in Petawawa Thursday to mark one year to the day when three women, Anastasia Kuzyk, Nathalie Warmerdam and Carol Culleton, were killed in the Wilno area.
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The man accused of killing 3 Ottawa valley women in September appeared by video in a Pembroke court today. Outside the court, supporters of the victims stood as a visual reminder that they won't be forgotten
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Anastasia Kuzyk, Nathalie Warmerdam and Carol Culleton killed in separate locations on Tuesday, 57-year-old Basil Borutski charged with three counts of first degree murder
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