Escaped Inmate Sentenced to Life for the ‘Cold-Blooded’ Murder of a BC Man

Escaped Inmate Sentenced to Life for the ‘Cold-Blooded’ Murder of a BC Man
William Head Institution is shown through a security fence in Victoria, B.C., on Feb. 27, 2008. Canadian Press/Adrian Lam
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Friends and relatives of murder victim Martin Payne say they are haunted by the actions of “two selfish, reckless” people who chose their victim because his home was near the prison where the men escaped.

A B.C. Supreme Court jury found James Lee Busch guilty of first-degree murder late Wednesday.