Crown seeks 25 years parole ineligibility in Fort McMurray murder sentencing

Dennis Kovtun · CBC News

· Posted: Jun 03, 2025 2:11 PM EDT | Last Updated: June 3

Crown prosecutors argued Monday that a Fort McMurray antheral recovered blameworthy of second-degree execution and offering indignity to quality remains successful the decease of his common-law spouse should beryllium ineligible for parole for a maximum of 25 years.

The mandatory condemnation for second-degree execution successful Canada is beingness imprisonment, with a parole ineligibility period between 10 years and 25 years.

Timothy McDougall changeable and killed Sherri Lynn Flett connected Jan. 13, 2022, aft an statement successful their bedroom.

McDougall near the premises with his roommate Nicholas Herman and his spouse Winter Fedorus-Agombar, but returned 2 days later.

The trio enactment Flett's assemblage successful a Rubbermaid instrumentality and hid it successful the store of a antithetic location successful Grayling Terrace successful Fort McMurray.

Flett's assemblage was discovered 11 days later. 

Speaking astatine the Court of King's Bench successful Fort McMurray, prosecutors Anna Gillespie and Alison Magill cited respective aggravating factors they said warranted a stiff parole ineligibility. 

They see that McDougall's offence was maltreatment of an intimate spouse and progressive the usage of an amerciable firearm. 

The defence argued for 14-year parole ineligibility. 

Defence counsel Jamil Sawani said McDougall's agelong past of substance abuse, arsenic good arsenic intergenerational trauma arsenic reasons for a little harsh parole ineligibility. 

In a missive that Savani work successful court, Julia McDougall, Timothy McDougall's mother, said she is simply a residential schoolhouse survivor, having attended the Holy Angels Residential School successful Fort Chipewyan.

Her experiences successful residential school, arsenic good arsenic her ain past of household abuse, had a lasting impact. In her missive she said that she struggled with parenting her son, who began abusing intoxicant and drugs astatine a young age. 

Impact connected family

During the trial, dozens rallied astatine the Fort McMurray courthouse seeking justness for Flett, who was a subordinate of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation. 

Lynn Flett's household members said Monday successful their ain unfortunate interaction statements that her decease inactive affects them to this day. 

"Sherri's decease has breached my tone and my strength," said Flett's relative Lori Cyprien. 

Denise Krueger, besides Flett's cousin, said she and Flett "were similar sisters." 

Krueger's unfortunate interaction connection was work successful tribunal by Magill. 

"Our transportation was heavy and lasting," the missive said.

Flett was remembered arsenic a benignant and fun-loving person. She near down a young daughter, whom Krueger described arsenic Flett's "greatest legacy." 

Krueger expressed gratitude to Court of King's Bench Chief Justice  Kent Davidson, who convicted McDougall, for his decision.

Sentencing volition beryllium completed astatine a aboriginal date.