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Menhaz Zaman: Markham Mass Murderer Sentenced to Life in prison

Published November 7, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Canadian Mass Murders, Crime, Human Depravity


On July 27, 2019, Menhaz Zaman brutally slaughtered his sister, mother, father and grandmother by bashing their heads in with a crowbar before slashing their throats with a knife.

The horrific reality is it was easier for Menhaz Zaman to murder his entire family than tell them the truth: he dropped out of York University because of poor grades.

Zaman lied to his family for over a year about it.

This ongoing lie was the impetus for killing four people, as the graduation ceremony for the class he no longer attended was the following day, July 28th.

Menhas Zaman could not allow his family to attend those ceremonies and learn of his lies, so he killed them.

Menhaz Zaman Murder Victims

Zaman pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder on September 29, 2020.

He was originally scheduled to be sentenced on November 2, 2020, but technical issues with video relay between the Central East Correctional Centre and the courthouse made that impossible.

When the Correctional Centre disconnected the feed without Justice Michelle Fuerst’s approval, she was forced to reschedule the hearing.

CP24 reported a sentencing agreement was reached with Crown prosecutors that would see the killer spend 40 years behind bars before being eligible for parole – 25 years consecutive for the three counts of first-degree murder and an additional 15 years for the lone charge of second-degree murder.

On the afternoon of November 6, 2020, Justice Michelle Fuerst sentenced Menhaz Zaman to life in prison with no chance for parole for 40 years, following the joint sentencing recommendation of Crown and defense attorneys.

“Words such as brutal, cruel, cold and callous do not begin to convey the enormity of his violence,” said Justice Michelle Fuerst.

“It is difficult to imagine a more horrific way to take a human life than by slitting the victim’s throat. Mr. Zaman did so not just once, but four separate times over a span of hours.”

“No right-thinking member of society would see any remote correlation between the imminent disclosure of the secret of Mr. Zaman’s non-attendance at school and the vicious taking of the lives of the four people closest to him. That Mr. Zaman saw such a connection and acted on it in the cold and calculated manner that he did is deeply disturbing.”

“The betrayal of trust involved in these crimes is enormous. Mr. Zaman executed four unsuspecting family members in their own home. It defies understanding that while his mother and grandmother lay upstairs in their own blood, Mr. Zaman played video games and napped to pass the time, apparently untroubled as he lay in wait to slay his sister and father in the same manner.”

Menhaz Zaman will be 64 years old when he is first eligible to apply for parole.

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Tags: Defense lawyer Adele Monaco, Firoza Begum, Justice Michelle Fuerst, Malesa Zaman, mass murder, Menhaz Zaman, Momotaz Begum, Moniruz Zaman

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Comments

  1. Dale says

    November 7, 2020 at 8:16 am

    The article uses the term consecutive but the numbers add up to a concurrent sentence for the first degree charges.

    Reply
    • Christopher di Armani says

      November 7, 2020 at 5:37 pm

      It’s a little confusing in that the sentence contains both consecutive portions and concurrent portions.

      He was sentenced to life in prison for three counts of 1st-degree murder, each of which carries a mandatory 25-year period before being eligible for parole. These can run consecutively or concurrently and in Menhaz’ case run concurrently.

      He was also sentenced to life in prison for 2nd-degree murder, which carries a mandatory 15 years before being eligible for parole.

      In the case of multiple murder convictions the judge can, as she did in this case, stack parole ineligibility, sentencing him to 40 years (25 for all three 1st-degree murder convictions PLUS 15 years for the charge of 2nd-degree murder) before being able to apply for parole.

      Does that help clarify, Dale?

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  2. Lee Morrison says

    November 7, 2020 at 11:34 am

    Why on earth didn,t he receive consecutive life sentences for the 3 first degree murders? This guy should never have the op[portunity to be turned loose.

    Reply
    • Christopher di Armani says

      November 7, 2020 at 5:38 pm

      I can’t answer that, Lee, but I would be surprised if he ever draws a breath of air outside prison walls again.

      Reply
  3. John Doe says

    November 9, 2020 at 8:02 am

    Chris: It’s as every bit bad as the Shafia case where father and brother killed their family women. by bashing their heads in and then pushing their car over a pier. Ontario. Look it up. Perhaps another follow up essay for you? Or the Palestinian case where the brother tortures his sister to death – 2019 – Israa Ghrayeb, a 21-year-old Palestinian aspiring makeup artist from Bethlehem, “died after allegedly being beaten and tortured by her brother” which also included other family members. Horror stories abound.

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    • Christopher di Armani says

      November 9, 2020 at 11:30 am

      Sadly, yes they do, John. I remember the Shafia case. Truly horrific, as is Israa Ghrayeb’s murder – which I was unfamiliar with. No lack of subjects to write about when our human depravity is on such public display daily.
      🙁

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