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Third man charged in double murder gets seven years Carol Aun MISSION RECORD
The family of murder victim Lisa Dudley was surprised and disappointed when the third man charged with her murder pleaded guilty to two counts of manslaughter in Vancouver Supreme Court on Monday, Nov. 25. Justin Andrew MacKinnon, originally charged with first-degree murder, was sentenced to seven years in jail, minus time served. He’ll be out in two years, calculated Dudley’s parents, Rosemarie and Mark Surakka, who only learned of the guilty plea inside the courthouse. Dudley and her boyfriend Guthrie McKay were shot in their Greenwood Drive home in northern rural Mission in 2008. McKay was pronounced dead on the scene, while Dudley, who was shot twice in the neck, was paralyzed from her injuries. She survived four days inside the house before she was found by a neighbour. She died on the way to hospital. “It’s disappointing,� said Mark
about the sentence. “I wasn’t happy with it at all. It was much too short when you think of a human life.� Rosemarie said she was also dismayed because there will be no trial with a guilty plea, and what exactly happened will not be known. In July, Bruce Ian Main also pleaded guilty to two counts of manslaughter, and was sentenced to eight years. Jack Douglas Woodruff pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in March 2012, and received an automatic life sentence. Tom Holden, the fourth person charged with first-degree murder in connection with the couple’s death, is still awaiting trial. The Surakkas have been critical of the justice system since their daughter was murdered. They are still waiting for a coroner’s inquest to take place and are proceeding with a Charter case against the federal government claiming their daughter’s rights were violated when police failed to properly investigate a shots fired call in the area.
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Abbotsford’s Cambree Lovesy, 14, entertains at the tree lighting ceremony at the Junction Mall. The event brought dozens of people to the mall last Friday evening, and served as the kick-off to the Mission Chamber of Commerce’s Pay it Forward campaign, which raises money for the Mission Christmas Bureau. The night also served to launch the Christmas Bureau’s season. BOB FRIESEN PHOTO
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