The Brampton judge described his slaying of his ex-partner while their son slept as one of the “most gruesome and horrific” cases of second-degree murder that she’s seen in her decade on the bench.
Superior Court Justice Jennifer Woollcombe still reduced Linval Ritchie’s period of parole ineligibility by two years — from 20 to 18 years — because of the “degrading and humiliating” Charter violations he suffered when he was stripsearched, ziptied and left in his boxers for hours during an infamous inmate crackdown at Maplehurst prison in December 2023 that is now the subject of an investigation by the province’s ombudsman.
