Trial and Sentence
Freeman Daniel MacNeil was sentenced to 25 years before parole eligibility and is now in a maximum-security prison in Renous, New Brunswick. Darren Muise received 20 years before parole eligibility. Derek Wood was given two terms of life imprisonment for first degree murder and attempted murder, as well as two ten-year terms for unlawful confinement and the armed robbery. Wood will be eligible for parole after serving 25 years.
In March 2007, it was reported that Muise has been working outside his minimum-security prison facility in Laval, Quebec. A spokeswoman with Correctional Service of Canada was unable to comment on Muise's case because of confidentiality limitations.
The murders were one of the highest profile murder cases in Canada. The restaurant re-opened two weeks after the killings but was demolished in 2000. A new building was constructed a few blocks from the former location down King's Road towards the city of Sydney, Nova Scotia.
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