The St.Catharines man who admitted he killed his stepson and stabbed a bank employee won't be eligible for parole for 16 years.
A sentencing hearing was held Tuesday for 44 year old Justin Kuijer, the man who sparked a nation-wide manhunt after fleeing Niagara following the death of his girlfriend's son Nathan Dumas.
Nathan, a grade two student at Harriet Tubman school was found lifeless in his mother's apartment on Queenston Street in March of last year.
He died in hospital the following day.
Following the strangulation death of Nathan, Kuijer than admits he drove to the Royal Bank on Martindale Road and stabbed an employee.
It's believed he had been denied a mortgage at the bank.
He then fled Niagara and was eventually arrested without incident in a Walmart parking lot in Kenora.
Last week Kuijer pleaded guilty to one count each of second-degree murder and aggravated assault.
Yesterday, he was sentenced to life imprisonment with no chance of parole for 16 years for Nathan's murder.
With respect to the aggravated assault charge of the bank employee, Kuijer was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison to be served concurrent.
