1/30/13 - Sentencing was handed down yesterday for a Highland Township man found guilty of beating and stabbing his mother to death. 22-year-old Jeffrey Pyne was sentenced to 20 to 60 years in prison for the murder of his mother, 51-year-old Ruth Pyne, in 2011. He was indicted on 1st-degree murder, but found guilty of 2nd-degree murder last month. Ruth Pyne was found dead in the familyâs garage in May of 2011. The defense claimed that a stranger or jilted lover had killed Ruth. Prosecutors say Jeffrey Pyne killed her because he was tired of dealing with her abuse brought about by mental illness. At the sentencing, his father Bernard called the conviction a farce and pledged to appeal. (TD)
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