P.E.I. man killed two others to avenge sister’s death 45 years ago: Crown

CHARLOTTETOWN – A man in Prince Edward Island has been sentenced to life in prison with no parole eligibility for 35 years for killing two men in slayings that the Crown says were carried out to avenge the death of his sister in 1970.


Alfred Guy Vuozzo pleaded guilty to first- and second-degree murder in the shooting deaths of Brent McGuigan, 68, and his son Brendon McGuigan, 39.

At Vuozzo’s sentencing hearing Monday in provincial Supreme Court, Crown lawyer John Diamond read an agreed statement of facts describing the motive behind the shootings near Montague last summer.

Diamond said the father of Brent McGuigan was the driver of a vehicle involved in a collision that killed Vuozzo’s nine-year-old sister 45 years ago.

The killings of the father and son were among the worst in the province’s history, Diamond said, adding that Vuozzo murdered the McGuigans knowing that they had no direct connection to the accident other than being related to the driver.

Diamond said Vuozzo, 46, has suffered from depression for years and went to the McGuigan household on Aug. 20 of last year armed with a handgun to seek revenge for his sister’s death.

“He murdered both men execution-style,” Diamond told the court.
“It was revenge. He was a cold-hearted and calculated individual.”
Diamond argued Vuozzo should have no parole eligibility for 50 years, while the defence sought 25 years before he could apply for parole.

© The Canadian Press, 2015