Guy Turcotte won’t appeal earlier decision on parole eligibility, lawyer says

MONTREAL — Guy Turcotte’s lawyer says his client will not pursue a bid to reduce the minimum number of years he must serve in prison for murdering his two young children.

Pierre Poupart says Turcotte will not appeal a June 28 decision by Quebec’s Court of Appeal that upheld his parole eligibility.

The former cardiologist was found guilty in 2015 of second-degree murder and later sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 17 years.

He fatally stabbed his three-year-old daughter Anne-Sophie and five-year-old son Olivier in 2009.