Danny Mason Slapped With More Prison Time

Convicted murderer William Alexander “Danny” Mason has been handed more prison time for the 2016 kidnapping of Mennonite couple Lloyd and Rosie Friessen.

Mason, who was once known by multiple aliases, including Rajesh Persaud, Rajesh Oulett, and Ted Oulett, was sentenced to two 24-year terms for abducting the couple on May 31, 2016. Justice Nigel Pilgrim ordered that both sentences will run at the same time, meaning Mason will serve 24 years in total for both counts.

However, the judge ruled that this new sentence will not begin until Mason finishes serving his existing prison term for the notorious murder of Pastor Llewellyn Lucas, whose brutal beheading in 2016 stunned the country. Mason is currently serving life in prison for that crime and will be eligible for parole in July 2051.

If granted parole then, the kidnapping sentence would start immediately afterward, potentially keeping him locked up until 2075, when he would be 95 years old.

Mason, now 55, has already filed an appeal against the kidnapping convictions, but if it fails, he faces the real possibility of spending the rest of his life behind bars.