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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.
By Inside Edition Staff
Updated: 9:43 AM PST, February 02, 2021
John Reszetnik pushed a stranger onto the subway tracks of a Toronto subway station two years ago, killing him –– and last week Reszetnik admitted in court that he had mistaken the victim for his landlord who evicted him, according to reports.Reszetnik, 5
John Reszetnik pushed a stranger onto the subway tracks of a Toronto subway station two years ago, killing him –– and last week Reszetnik admitted in court that he had mistaken the victim for his landlord who evicted him, according to reports.
Reszetnik, 57, pleaded guilty earlier this month to the second-degree murder of 73-year-old, Yosuke Yoshi Hayahara. He admitted to pushing him onto the subway tracks at the Bloor-Yonge subway station in downtown Toronto, the Toronto Sun reported. In the court hearing last week, he admitted he was convinced the victim was his landlord.