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Czech family's request delays killer's sentencing
A last-minute request from family members in the Czech Republic has resulted in a three-week delay in the sentencing of Miloslav Kapsik.
Kapsik, 63, was convicted earlier this week for the brutal murder of his wife, Ludmila, in March 2010 at their Jefferson Avenue apartment.
Kapsik was to have been sentenced Friday morning but Justice Karen Simonsen adjourned the case to April 4.
Crown prosecutor Jennifer Mann said she recently received a request from the sister and niece of Ludmila, who want to submit a victim-impact statement.
The Kapsiks had no children but Mann said Ludmila's family in the Czech Republic has been kept informed about developments in the case for the past three years.
Kapsik showed no emotion during his brief appearance Friday, where he spoke for a short time with defence counsel Greg Brodsky before and following the abbreviated hearing.
Victim-impact statements are submitted to the court after a verdict has been rendered but before the presiding judge imposes a sentence.
Mann said the family has been communicating through emails, which have to be translated from English to Czech and back to English.
"Out of respect for the family, we should be able to provide them that opportunity," Mann said.
Mann said Ludmila's sister, 70, has said she has suffered severe emotional distress after her younger sister's murder.
A jury convicted Kapsik of second-degree murder, rejecting his request that he be found not criminally responsible due to the severe mental issues he was suffering at the time.
Kapsik earned a life sentence on conviction but Simonsen must decide how long Kapsik must serve before he is eligible for parole. Following their verdict, a poll of the jurors found four said he should serve a minimum of 10 years before being eligible for parole, one said he should serve 15 years and the other seven jurors made no recommendation.
aldo.santin@freepress.mb.ca
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition March 16, 2013 A12
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