A young gangster convicted last week of first-degree murder in a targeted hit outside a popular Vancouver golf course was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 25 years.

B.C. Supreme Court Justice Warren Milman said Balraj Singh Basra showed “a callous disregard for human life” when he and an associate gunned down Vishal Walia at the University Golf Club near UBC on Oct. 17, 2022.

“This was an execution-style killing at close range in a public place of recreation, which was followed by the burning of the getaway car to avoid capture,” Milman said.

A jury also convicted Basra, now 25, of arson for torching a stolen Audi used in the murder in a westside Vancouver alley just minutes after Walia was killed.

Milman noted the fire spread to a nearby garage,

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