Photo: The Canadian Press Mourners attend a candlelight vigil for Jasmine Lovett and Aliyah Sanderson in Calgary on May 12, 2019. The man convicted of killing the woman and her young daughter and burying them in a shallow grave west of Calgary is scheduled to be sentenced this afternoon. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh A judge says a man who killed a woman and her young daughter and buried them in a shallow grave near Calgary must serve 22 years before he can apply for parole. Robert Leeming, who is 37, pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of Jasmine Lovett, but not guilty in the death of 22-month-old Aliyah Sanderson. He was convicted earlier this year of second-degree murder in the child’s death. Leeming has been given an automatic life sentence for the murder convictions. The mother and daughter were found in the grave in Kananaskis Country, west of Calgary, in May 2019 after being missing for weeks. Family members told the court they have struggled with fear and pain since their loved ones were killed.
