Triple murderer sentenced to life in prison, no chance of parole for 20-years
LETHBRIDGE – A sentence of life imprisonment with a parole ineligibility of 20-years has been handed to 24-year-old Austin Lane Vielle, for the 2015 murders of Clarissa English, Dakota English and Kyle Devine.
At the outset of a scheduled four-week trial on Monday, Jan. 8, Vielle pleaded guilty to three counts of second-degree murder, with the Crown and defence offering a joint sentencing proposal. After taking a day to consider that recommendation, Justice Rodney Jerke ultimately accepted and imposed the sentence on Tuesday, Jan. 9.
While delivering his decision, Jerke called Vielle’s actions “senseless and brutal”, while reviewing the facts of the case that Vielle admitted to.
“Those facts tell a difficult, brutal and tragic story,” stated Jerke, who also referred to Vielle’s crimes as a “frenzy of violence.”