SASKATOON – Somalia national and U. S. permanent resident Afrah Ahmed Abdi, who was convicted of second-degree murder, will be eligible for parole in 10 years. Justice Mona Dovell had reserved her decision in Saskatoon Court of King’s Bench on parole eligibility until March 4.
The Crown sought 15 years, whereas defence said 10 years was fitting. A second-degree murder conviction carries an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for at least 10 years.
In December 2023, a jury found Abdi, now 34, guilty in 30-year-old Logan Nayneecassum's death in August 2020 at Aria Food and Spirits in Saskatoon’s Rosewood neighbourhood.
Court heard that after Abdi is released on parole, Canada will likely deport him to the U. S.
After Nayneecassum's murder, Abdi had fled Canada to the United States with a fellow Somalia national and high-ranking Brothers Keepers gang member.
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