Man who killed four members of Muslim family in London, Ont., to be sentenced

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A man who killed four members of a Muslim family in London, Ont., is set to be sentenced today.

Nathaniel Veltman is escorted outside Ontario Superior Court in Windsor, Ont., Tuesday, Sept.5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Dax Melmer

The case was the first time Canada's terrorism laws were put before a jury in a first-degree murder trial. The jury also watched video of Veltman telling a detective his attack had been motivated by white nationalist beliefs, and heard he wrote a manifesto where he described himself as a white supremacist in the weeks before the attack. "I want to take this opportunity to express my regret for the loss of the Afzaal family," he told the court. "I'm sorry for this pain and suffering that I caused. I cannot turn back time.

 

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