Nathaniel Veltman, who was found guilty of attacking and killing four members of a Pakistani-origin Muslim family with his pick-up truck in June 2021 in London, Ontario, Canada, is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan 4 and Jan 5 in the coming year, a Windsor court decided during a brief hearing.
Veltman appeared before the Windsor court via video link from the Southwest Detention Centre in the city in southwestern Ontario Friday, Canadian media reported.
Veltman was found guilty of four counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder by a jury last month for attacking the Afzaal family with his pick-up truck while they were out for a walk on June 6, 2021.
The victims 46-year-old Salman Afzaal, his 44-year-old wife, Madiha Salman, their 15-year-old daughter, Yumna, and her 74-year-old grandmother, Talat Afzaal, were killed in the attack, while the couple’s nine-year-old son was seriously hurt but survived.
The two-day sentencing hearing in January 2024 will be held at the London Superior Court before Justice Renee Pomerance. Justice Pomerance also oversaw the 11-week trial in Windsor.
