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An 86-year-old B.C. man who shot and killed his long-time neighbour over a petty noise issue before turning the gun on the man’s wife will likely spend the rest of his days in prison after being sentenced to life in prison last week. In deciding on 86-year-old Robert Amede Freeman’s parole eligibility, the judge considered his “infirm and elderly” state and sided with the defence and set it at the minimum of 10 years. “He is not well now, and he was not well at the time he committed the offences,” B.C. Supreme Court Justice Andrea Ormiston wrote, noting diabetes, heart disease, a...