Toronto man jailed for life after Scarborough house explosion killed partner

A 45-year-old electrician has been sentenced to life imprisonment after killing his partner and triggering a gas explosion that destroyed their Toronto home.

A Toronto electrician has been jailed for life after murdering his partner and then blowing up their Scarborough home in a deliberate gas explosion that injured several neighbours.

The 45-year-old was sentenced at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to a minimum of 24 years before parole eligibility. The court heard he had planned the attack for weeks.

Prosecutors said the explosion ripped through the residential street, damaging four adjacent properties and forcing the evacuation of dozens of residents in the early hours of the morning.

Emergency services described the scene as one of the worst residential gas explosions the city has seen in a decade.