Aylmer man convicted of killing wife, parents-in-law

A Gatineau jury on Friday convicted an Aylmer man of murdering his estranged wife and parents-in-law five years ago.

Shakti Ramsurrun was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder and one count of seconddegree murder.

Anne-Katherine Powers, 21, her mother, Louise Leboeuf, 63, and stepfather, Claude Lévesque, 58, were found dead in the family home at 64 Félix-Leclerc St. in May 2012.

Ramsurrun, who was 28 when Gatineau police nabbed him on the killings, faces the rest of his life behind bars with no chance for parole for 25 years. That is the mandatory sentence for a first-degree murder conviction.

In 2012, friends described how Ramsurrun and Powers met on a cruise ship on a trip to the Caribbean in December 2009.

The relationship soured over time.

Ramsurrun, who in December 2011 received his permanent resident status in Canada, worked at a Gatineau golf course before he was arrested.