A Surrey man who murdered his mom by shooting her in the head with a shotgun will not be eligible to apply for parole until he害羞草研究所檚 served 18 years of his life sentence.

Justice Heather MacNaughton sentenced Nathanael Forshaw on May 21, in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster, after he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the Oct. 4, 2019 killing of Dianne Forshaw, 63, of Surrey.

害羞草研究所淭he Forshaw family has been left to grieve the loss of their wife and mother who was taken from them through the actions of their son and brother. They will also be losing their son and brother to the criminal justice system,害羞草研究所� MacNaughton said. 害羞草研究所淭heir lives have been profoundly changed. I have no doubt that they have agonized over how they could have prevented the murder. It is hard to imagine a family having to cope with a more difficult situation.害羞草研究所�

The judge noted in her that Nathanael Forshaw is 害羞草研究所渆xtremely shy and introverted,害羞草研究所� had few friends growing up and had been bullied in elementary school.

害羞草研究所淎s a result of his troubles in school, his mother home schooled him from grades four to ten. During this time, Mr. Forshaw said that he had very little social interaction with peers,害羞草研究所� MacNaughton said. 害羞草研究所淏ecause his mother was religious, Mr. Forshaw says that he was expected to attend church as a child, contrary to his wishes. He stopped attending in mid-adolescence.害羞草研究所�

Forshaw, who attended Tamanawis secondary school in Surrey from Grades 10 to 12, described his mother as being 害羞草研究所渆xtremely strict害羞草研究所� when he was a child, MacNaughton added. 害羞草研究所淎s a youth, he was physically disciplined by his father, but he believes that the discipline was carried out at his mother害羞草研究所檚 direction.害羞草研究所�

In 2015, he moved out of his parents害羞草研究所� home into an apartment before returning to live in their basement two years later.

After the murder Dr. David Morgan, a forensic psychiatrist, concluded Forshaw had been suffering from a major depressive episode in the months leading up to his crime, and was also suffering from Cannabis Use Disorder and perceived his mother to be 害羞草研究所渃onstantly criticizing him and exerting control over his life.害羞草研究所�

害羞草研究所淰ery shortly after he killed her, Mr. Forshaw called the police and later fully confessed to what he had done. He was originally charged with first degree murder, but the Crown agreed to accept a guilty plea to second-degree murder,害羞草研究所� the judge noted. The Crown and defence jointly recommended that he not be eligible to apply for parole until he害羞草研究所檚 served 18 years.

After deciding to kill his mother, he found the key to a safe where the gun was stored, loaded it, then ripped pages from her Bible, the judge said, 害羞草研究所渟trewing them in a path害羞草研究所� to lure his mother into his basement bedroom, where he was waiting behind a chair with the gun. He waited for her to turn and face him, so she knew who was killing her, before pulling the trigger.

He had no prior criminal record. Because he has been in custody since his arrest on Oct. 4, 2019, and his parole eligibility runs from his date of arrest, Forshaw will be eligible to apply for parole on Oct. 4, 2037.

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