A Toronto man who pushed a stranger in front of a moving subway train nearly three years ago has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 14 years.
Man who pushed stranger in front of subway sentenced to life, no parole for 14 years
by The Canadian Press
Posted Apr 12, 2021 4:02 pm EDT
Yosuke Hayahara, 73, died after he was allegedly pushed onto the subway tracks at Yonge-Bloor Station in Toronto on June 19, 2018. HANDOUT/Toronto Police Service
A Toronto man who pushed a stranger in front of a moving subway train nearly three years ago has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 14 years.
John Reszetnik had pleaded guilty earlier this year to second-degree murder in the killing of 73-year-old Yosuke Hayahara.
Second-degree murder carries an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for 10 to 25 years, and prosecutors had sought 15 years of parole ineligibility, while the defence sought 12 to 13.
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The man who pushed an elderly man in front of a TTC subway train nearly three years ago will have to wait 14 years before he’s eligible for parole.
That’s one year less than the Crown had requested for 56-year-old John Reszetnik, who in January pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the June 2018 death of 73-year-old Yosuke “Yoshi” Hayahara.
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On Monday, Superior Court Justice John McMahon sentenced Reszetnik to life imprisonment without possibility of parole for 14 years.