Gangster Ekene Anigbo was handed a 15 year sentence in a Kelowna courtroom Monday. Anigbo was convicted of manslaughter in August in the 2021 death of Kathleen Richardson. Richard was found shot death, bound and duct taped in the basement of her Naramata home in June of 2021 . She was shot twice in the head.
According to court records Anigbo and his partner Jalen Falk had gone to Richardson home with the intention of kidnapping her son Wade Cudmore after a drug deal had gone bad . Cudmore wasn’t there at the time. Richardson was subsequently shot to death. The judge said the Crown couldn’t prove beyond a reasonable doubt which man actually fired the the shots that killed the 57 year old Richardson resulting in the manslaughter conviction rather than second degree murder.
Falk had earlier pleased guilty to second degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison The Crown was seeking a life sentence for Anigbo but he was given 15 years less the 204 days he has already served.
