‘A senseless and selfish act’: Judge sentences couple who murdered neighbour, discarded body over BBQ smoke
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Khoa Tran, 36, has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 16 years after being found guilty last June of the second-degree murder of 53-year-old Reeyaz Habib .
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A forensic pathologist testifed that Habib had suffered 35 external injuries including 24 prior to his death and said some of the internal injuries were consistent with being beaten to death or, in some way, strangled.
I feel sorry for the family loss.” The couple who were out on custody until the day of the guilty verdict when their bail was revoked have spent 146 days in pre-sentence custody.
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‘A senseless and selfish act’: Judge sentences couple who murdered neighbour, discarded body over BBQ smoke
By Catherine McDonald Global News
Posted October 26, 2026 4:05 pm
Updated October 26, 2026 4:41 pm
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A Liberty Village couple has been handed stiff sentences for killing their upstairs neighbour, disposing of the neighbour’s body in the garbage and trying to cover-up the killing in the weeks that followed.…
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