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Superior Court Justice Marc Labrosse said the trial evidence did not positively identify which one of Michael Buckley or Dwayne Young was the shooter.

Franco Micucci, 46, was struck and killed while crossing an intersection in Westboro on a clear Saturday evening around 7:30 p.m. April 15.

Franco Micucci, 46, was struck and killed while crossing an intersection in Westboro on a clear Saturday evening around 7:30 p.m. April 15.

Dwayne Young and Michael Buckley pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in Wite’s killing, but entered joint guilty pleas to manslaughter in a proposed deal that was swiftly rejected by the Crown.

Justice Kevin Phillips has imposed a life sentence on Vanasse, with 10 years of parole ineligibility, the minimum for a second-degree murder conviction.

Nick Vanasse has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering Steven Butler and assaulting Butler's son in a 2019 confrontation outside the victim's family home in Ottawa's Overbrook neighbourhood.

Nick Vanasse has been found guilty of murdering Steven Butler and assaulting Butler's son in a 2019 confrontation outside the victim's family home in Ottawa's Overbrook neighbourhood.

Nick Vanasse is charged in connection with the death of Steven Butler, 47, in the early hours of Sept. 8, 2019.

Nick Vanasse was a cowardly 19 year old who made a deliberate choice to "sucker stab" a middle-age man who was just trying to protect his family, an Ottawa prosecutor alleged Monday in his closing arguments to a jury.