COUPLE GETS LIFE FOR WOMAN’S MURDER, DISMEMBERMENT

A Nova Scotia couple has been sentenced to life in prison for the horrific killing and dismemberment of a young Halifax mother who pleaded with them to spare her life. Jason James Johnson and Kelly Amanda MacDonald, who are both in their 30s, pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree murder and interfering with human remains in the death of Catie Miller, 29. “She pleaded for her life but you ignored her pleas,” Justice Patrick Duncan told them. Johnson would be eligible for parole in 20 years, and MacDonald in 16 years.