A 45-year-old Montreal man who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the stabbing death of his pregnant wife in 2024 is facing life in prison. Mustapha Khalil Mechken was sentenced at the Montreal courthouse Tuesday, a week after his guilty plea. He will not be eligible for parole for 22 years, based on recommendations made by both the Crown and defence. Narjess Ben Yedder, 32, who was 10 weeks pregnant with the couple’s first child, was killed by Khalil in their apartment in Montreal’s Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles borough. - More details to come
