Toronto man who stabbed ex-wife, daughter found guilty of murder

Godfrey Sig-Od, the Toronto antheral who stabbed his ex-wife and girl to decease connected Bathurst Street adjacent Ellerslie Avenue connected the day of Aug. 26, 2022, has been recovered blameworthy of the first-degree execution of his ex-wife Elvie Sig-Od. With regards to his daughter, Angelica Sig-Od, the assemblage recovered him not blameworthy of first-degree execution but blameworthy to the lesser complaint of second-degree murder.

The verdict was work retired successful a downtown Toronto courtroom conscionable earlier 7:30 p.m. Saturday, aft 3 days of deliberations.

The blameworthy verdict with regards to the first-degree execution meant the assemblage agreed with adjunct Crown attorneys Rochelle Liberman and Victoria Di Iorio, who argued that Godfrey Sig-Od Godfrey, 48, carried retired his program to termination 44-year-old Elvie Sig-Od. The blameworthy uncovering with regards to the second-degree execution of the couple’s 20-year-old girl Angelica meant they bash not judge Sig-Od planned to termination his girl but had to person known helium was going to origin her bodily harm, if not death, by stabbing her repeatedly.

Elvie Sig-Od was stabbed oregon chopped 14 times, and Angelica 19 times. The weapon onslaught horrified motorists who testified astir witnessing the shocking stabbing connected the broadside of the roadworthy successful Toronto. Both were pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

Liberman told jurors during her closing code Wednesday that Godfrey Sig-Od tried to get his ex-wife and girl unsocial for months successful bid to transportation retired his plan. She suggested that Sig-Od changed his strategy erstwhile helium realized they were unwilling to invitation him to their home.

“He started inviting them to restaurants, helium besides started telling them to travel to his boarding location to prime up wealth for assorted things and, connected the time helium killed them, helium sent 79 messages to Elvie and sent 15 to Angelica,” Liberman told the jury.

She said Sig-Od lured them to his boarding location that time utilizing each excuse helium could deliberation of.

“I taxable to you helium truly wanted them to beryllium unneurotic but had constricted options astir wherever to transportation retired the plan. He couldn’t transportation retired the program astatine Elvie and Angelica’s residence due to the fact that helium didn’t cognize wherever they lived,” Liberman said.

“And so, the car ended up being the champion enactment for Mr. Sig-Od to transportation retired his plan. Elvie was driving, Angelica was successful the beforehand rider seat. Therefore, their backs were to Mr. Sig-Od. The car was a confined abstraction and portion they were driving, determination was obscurity for them to go.”

The Crown said Sig-Od carried retired the program aft realizing that determination was nary anticipation successful getting his household backmost unneurotic and that his girl nary longer cared astir his broadside of the family.

Liberman argued that Sig-Od’s grounds that helium was successful a rage and did not retrieve stabbing his ex-wife and girl should not beryllium believed.

Defence lawyer Daniel Brodsky reminded the assemblage successful his closing code that his lawsuit tried to plead blameworthy to manslaughter, admitting helium killed his ex-wife and daughter. He past argued that Sig-Od did not program nor deliberate the deadly attack.

“He volition larn connected your verdict arsenic to whether helium is to beryllium labelled by his chap citizens arsenic a cold-blooded murderer oregon a idiosyncratic who, successful the lack of chill reflection, killed successful blistery blood,” Brodsky said.

He argued that his lawsuit was overtaken by a unsighted rage astatine the clip of the fatal stabbing.

“In that uncontrollable state, helium lashed retired astatine his ex-wife and girl unaware of the existent grade of the harm helium was causing,” Brodsky added.

First-degree execution carries an automatic beingness condemnation with nary accidental of parole for 25 years. Second-degree execution is simply a beingness condemnation with a parole ineligibility play of betwixt 10 and 25 years.