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Man receives seven-year sentence in connection with 2021 fatal attack on Vancouver senior

The Law Courts in Vancouver on Wednesday August 23, 2023. — The Law Courts in Vancouver on Wednesday August 23, 2023. (CityNews Image)

By Michael Williams and Emma Crawford

Posted March 15, 2024 6:23 pm.

Last Updated March 15, 2024 7:03 pm.

One of the men connected to the home-invasion-style killing of a Vancouver senior more than three years ago has been sentenced to seven years behind bars.

Sandy Jack Parisian had pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was convicted Friday.

The victim, 78-year-old Usha Singh, was found badly beaten in her Little Mountain home back in January 2021.

Investigators believe Parisian and another man — Pascal Jean Claude Bouthillette — posed as police officers to gain entry into Singh’s house.

“[Parisian] was not linked with the beating that caused the death of Usha Singh, but was an active participant in the break and enter and robbery during which she was killed,” the BC Prosecution Service told CityNews in an emailed statement.

Bouthilette has been charged with first-degree murder and has a trial scheduled to start May 27.

Parisian once described himself as the “leader” of the Oppenheimer park encampment.

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