An Ontario judge has found convicted killer Dellen Millard guilty of first-degree murder in the 2012 shooting death of his 71-year-old father.
Wayne Millard was found dead in his bed on Nov. 29, 2012 with a bullet hole through his eye. His death was initially deemed a suicide.
A gun was found by his bed in a bag, it was proven to be Dellen Millard’s gun and police found his DNA on the handle.
Justice Maureen Forestell delivered the verdict early Monday morning in Toronto. The judge said evidence showed someone could have shot Wayne or he could have shot himself, although awkwardly.
But the judge did found that Millard set up a false alibi for his father’s death. He lied to police about staying the night at Mark Smich’s house in Oakville when his cell phone proved he went to his father’s house that night. To conclude all that was coincidence, the judge said, “would be irrational and fanciful. I am satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that Dellen Millard killed his father by shooting him in the eye as he slept.”
Millard is already serving two life sentences for the first-degree murder of Hamilton’s Tim Bosma and Toronto’s Laura Babcock.
Once the justice delivered her verdict and left the courtroom the Babcock and Bosma families erupted into applause and cheers. Dellen Millard stood there, looked at them and smirked.
He’s back November 16 for sentencing and the crown will be looking for another consecutive sentence on top of his two murder convictions. That would mean he wouldn’t be eligible for parole for 75 years.
