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By The Canadian Press

Court

Sentence handed down after the murder of a Hinton mother and son

Nov 22, 2022 | 5:45 PM

HINTON, Alta. – A man who admitted to killing a woman and her 16-month-old son in western Alberta has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years.

Robert Major pleaded guilty in May to two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Mchale Busch, who was 24, and her son, Noah McConnell.

The sentence was handed down Tuesday by King’s Bench Justice Marta Burns in Hinton, Alta. after 20 victim impact statements were submitted.

Busch and her son were found dead in an apartment complex in Hinton, about 250 kilometres west of Edmonton, on Sept. 17, 2021.

The woman and her partner had moved into an apartment next to Major’s three weeks earlier.

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Busch’s father, Stuart Busch, told the court in his victim impact statement that he battles with nightmares and is haunted by the image of his daughter and grandson being killed “at the hands of a monster.”

(The Canadian Press)