The Canadian judiciary decides the fate of the accused of murdering his Tunisian wife, Norges Ben Yader

A Canadian court in Montreal held a final sentencing hearing for 45-year-old Tunisian citizen Mustafa Khalil Mushkin after he was convicted of killing his pregnant Tunisian wife, 32-year-old Narjes Ben Yedir. This hearing came after the defendant confessed to the crime in a court of law in Canada.

The public prosecutor's office has asked for a life sentence with no possibility of parole before 22 years, on the basis of his guilty plea to murder in the context of a statement of common facts submitted to the court.

The case dates back to the early morning of January 26, 2024, inside the apartment that the couple lived in the Pointe-O-Trumble neighbourhood in eastern Montreal, Canada. The couple had been engaged to be married in 2021 and offered to buy an apartment shortly before the crime was committed.

The facts presented before the court showed that the victim's carrying her first child was a turning point for the husband who strongly rejected the idea of parenting, expressing his concern about the family's declining income during maternity leave and his desire to return to Tunisia, while the crime dawned in the kitchen armed with knives as she slept after the victim searched abortion clinics a day before her death as a result of pressure.