Man who killed 3-year-old girl eligible for parole after 14 years
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A Calgary man who beat and killed his girlfriend’s three-year-old daughter will have to serve at least 14 years behind bars before being eligible for parole, a judge ruled Friday morning.
A Calgary man who beat and killed his girlfriend’s three-year-old daughter will have to serve at least 14 years behind bars before being eligible for parole, a judge ruled Friday morning.
Justin Bennett, 30, was convicted in March 2021 of second-degree murder in the beating death of Ivy Wick.
The parole ineligibility period started the day Bennett was arrested in 2018, meaning he will be able to apply for parole in just under nine years.
Wick died of head and brain injuries in September of 2017. Bennett was charged a year later after he confessed to an undercover officer that he had smashed the girl’s head and threw her against a wall.
The man said he was angry because the child had interrupted his video game.
During sentencing, Wick's mother Helen Wordsworth delivered a victim impact statement that described the anger and profound grief she has suffered as a result of the death of her daughter.
