No parole for 18 years for man convicted of gruesome Okanagan double murder

The antheral convicted successful the gruesome murder of 2 brothers from the South Okanagan has been sentenced to beingness successful situation with nary accidental of parole for 18 years.

A assemblage convicted Wade Cudmore, 35, of second-degree execution successful September for sidesplitting Erick and Carlo Fryer and dumping their bodies successful a distant country adjacent Naramata successful May 2021.

At trial, jurors heard Cudmore utilized a hunting knife, a roofing hammer and a pump-action shotgun successful the killings. Their bodies were aboriginal discovered by a hiker.

Despite his conviction, Cudmore continued to support his innocence during a sentencing proceeding connected Monday.

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“I’m atrocious for the Fryer brothers being murdered and for their household but my communicative hasn’t changed,” helium said.

“I testified that I had thing to bash with the murders.”

Second-degree execution carries an automatic condemnation of beingness successful situation nether the Criminal Code, with nary accidental of parole for betwixt 10 and 25 years.

A B.C. Supreme Court justice successful Vancouver accepted Crown’s submission, calling for the 18-year parole limitation. Cudmore’s defence had sought 12 years.

Cudmore’s co-accused successful the killings, Anthony Graham, remains astatine large.

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