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Sask. couple sentenced to 3 years in prison for plotting to kill spouses
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskat...745746?cmp=rss

A Saskatchewan judge handed down three-year prison sentences Friday for Curtis Vey and Angela Nicholson, lovers who were convicted of plotting to murder their spouses.

Vey, 52, and Nicholson, 51, are both banned from owning firearms. The judge also ordered them to submit DNA samples and pay a $400 victim surcharge.

"Why good people do bad things is a mystery to us all," said Justice Martel Popescul in Court of Queen's Bench in Prince Albert.

In June, a jury deliberated for close to 30 hours before convicting Vey and Nicholson of two counts of conspiracy to commit murder — one charge for their own spouse and a separate count for each other's spouse.

Outside the courtroom Friday, Crown prosecutor Lori O'Connor said she sought a six-year sentence after reviewing cases from B.C. and Ontario with similar facts, adding those cases came with sentences between 3½ years to seven years.

"Part of the reason for the sentencing as high as they are in cases like this for general denunciation and deterrence is to put out there that despite how unhappy your marriage is it's not OK to plan to kill your spouse," O'Connor said.