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CBC Ottawa - Sentence delayed for Moffitt killer
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Updated | Mar 18 2003 06:25 AM CST
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Sentence delayed for Moffitt killer
Ottawa
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A judge will decide the fate of Andrew Moffitt's killer a week from
Thursday.
| Moffitt's mother says all the waiting has been hard for the family |
Henry Danninger pleaded guilty to manslaughter in November, nearly four
years after stabbing Moffitt to death in an Ottawa bar.
Moffitt was 23 years old. He was trying to stop a fight between
Danninger and another man at the bar when he was stabbed.
Lawyers argued yesterday over what
Danninger's sentence should be. People in the courtroom sighed audibly
when the judge said he would put off his
decision.
The defence lawyer's other
court commitments have already caused
long delays.
Andrew Moffitt's mother, Paulette, says all the waiting has been
hard for her family, especially her youngest son,
Michael.
"I tell Michael all the time we have to
be patient," she says. "Justice is going to come, and I
pray to God justice does come. So we'll be
patient a bit longer. We go from day
to day. That's the way it is for us."
The prosecutor in the case is calling
for a 10-year sentence.
Danninger plans to make his own
statement to the judge next week, before
his punishment is decided.
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