Jonathan Massari, who recently pleaded guilty to plotting the murders of four individuals linked to the Montreal mafia in 2016, was sentenced to 25 years in prison Monday morning at the Gouin Judicial Services Center in Montreal.
Massari will have to serve at least half of his sentence. Subtracting the time spent in pre-trial detention, he still has just under 20 years of imprisonment to serve.
Judge Michel Pennou of the Superior Court endorsed a joint suggestion by the prosecution and the defense.
Lorenzo Giordano and Rocco Sollecito, two Mafia lieutenants, and brothers Vincenzo and Giuseppe Falduto were killed between March and June 2016 in a dispute between Calabrian and Sicilian clans of the Montreal Mafia, according to the prosecution theory and the Sûreté du Québec.
Three of the four victims were murdered by a former organized crime hitman who then collaborated with the police and registered his former accomplices without their knowledge during the summer of 2019.
The evidence was largely based on the testimony of this ex-hitman.
Family members of the victims testified in letters and in court.
“I thank you for sharing with the Court the difficult things you have experienced and your pain following events that are not ordinary. Crimes like these have consequences that last and endure,” the magistrate said.
Jonathan Massari also wanted to make this statement before being sentenced by Judge Pennou: “I would like to tell the Court and the families of the victims that I had bad associations at the time, which led me to do things that I regret. I apologize to those I have hurt”.
More details to come.