Toronto neurosurgeon who murdered wife is sentenced to life

Toronto, May 9 (AP) A Toronto neurosurgeon who murdered his wife two days after she filed for divorce has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 14 years. Mohammed Shamji pleaded guilty last month to second-degree murder in the death of 40-year-old Elana Fric Shamji, a well-respected family doctor.

Justice John McMahon said Thursday the case is yet another tragic instance of domestic homicide that he sees far too often. The court was told Mohammed Shamji broke his wife's neck and ribs and choked her to death as their three children slept nearby.

McMahon credited the defendant for his last-minute guilty plea, which saved his young daughter from testifying. But he condemned him for the brutal murder. (AP) MRJ

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