In a unanimous written decision, a three-member Alberta Court of Appeal panel said Court of King’s Bench Justice Karen Horner made no errors in handing down the lengthy sentence.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter.
“The victim’s body was then placed in the trunk of his car and taken to a rural area north of Calgary, where the car was set ablaze.”The appellate judges said Horner was correct to find Osman’s culpability was at the highest level for cases of manslaughter. “Nine of those convictions were for crimes of violence,” the appeal judges wrote, in agreeing with Crown prosecutor Iwona Kuklicz that the sentence should stand.Article content