<p>Mukhtiar Panghali, who was charged a few months after his school teacher wife Manjit Panghali's charred corpse was found near a waterway at Delta, British Columbia in 2006, was sentenced to life in prison with no parole for 15 years, the thestar.com reported.<br /><br />In her judgement, BC Supreme Court Judge Heather Holmes said the "egregious circumstances" of the killing motivated her to go beyond the minimum 10 years for parole eligibility, to 15 years.<br /><br />The judge also sentenced Panghali to three-and-a-half years for interfering with his wife's remains, to be served concurrently with his life sentence, the report said. Last month, the court had convicted Mukhtiar Panghali of second-degree murder and interfering with bodily remains. 31-year-old Manjit was strangled and likely died before her body was burned.<br /><br />The couple also had a daughter who was in preschool when her mother died.</p>
<p>Mukhtiar Panghali, who was charged a few months after his school teacher wife Manjit Panghali's charred corpse was found near a waterway at Delta, British Columbia in 2006, was sentenced to life in prison with no parole for 15 years, the thestar.com reported.<br /><br />In her judgement, BC Supreme Court Judge Heather Holmes said the "egregious circumstances" of the killing motivated her to go beyond the minimum 10 years for parole eligibility, to 15 years.<br /><br />The judge also sentenced Panghali to three-and-a-half years for interfering with his wife's remains, to be served concurrently with his life sentence, the report said. Last month, the court had convicted Mukhtiar Panghali of second-degree murder and interfering with bodily remains. 31-year-old Manjit was strangled and likely died before her body was burned.<br /><br />The couple also had a daughter who was in preschool when her mother died.</p>