Former St. Albert resident Aren Bylot Pearson, 41, has been sentenced in a Scottish court to life in prison for the Feb. 11, 2024, Shetland Islands murder of his Edmonton girlfriend, Claire Leveque, 24.

Glasgow High Court Judge Lord Paul Arthurson on Wednesday sentenced Aren Pearson to life imprisonment.

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On sentencing, Arthurson addressed Pearson.

The court issued a warning of graphic, potentially triggering content within the statement, which summarized the case.

“She was vulnerable and isolated. In the words of your late mother, uttered in the course of a 999 call made by her at about 4:55 p.m. on 11 February 2024 following your murder of Ms. Leveque, she was ‘just a lovely young girl,’ ” Arthurson told Pearson.

“You yourself joined that 999 call on 11 February

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