A Wainwright man who stalked and then killed his estranged wife in 2017 will serve a life sentence with no chance to apply for parole for 16 years, an Edmonton judge ruled Thursday.
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After a one week delay, a judge began hearing evidence Monday in the Robert Clifford second-degree murder retrial. Clifford is accused of killing his estranged wife Nichole in February 2017.
On what was supposed to be the start of a retrial in the Robert Clifford second-degree murder case, his lawyer argued the charge should be stayed because it's been almost five years since his client first came before the courts.