NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — A British Columbia man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 17 years after pleading guilty to second-degree murder.
Raymond Caissie was sentenced Friday in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster for the September 2014 slaying of 17-year-old Serena Vermeersch.
Her body was found along railway tracks in Surrey, B.C., a day after she was reported missing.
Caissie had been released from prison just a year earlier.
He had served his entire 22 year sentence for a violent 1991 sexual assault and kidnapping and parole documents said board members believed he was likely to commit another offence causing death or serious harm.
Documents written in 2010 show Caissie told prison officials he feared he would commit further violence after his release, but he later denied making those statements.
Judge accepts joint submission. Raymond Caissie sentenced to life in prison w/no chance of parole for 17 years for killing Serena Vermeersch
— Martin MacMahon (@martinmacmahon) October 20, 2017
