Jennifer Pan and her three co-accused have been given the harshest penalties possible — two life sentences each for first-degree murder of her mother and attempted murder of her father.

Pan listened in the fetal position as Justice Cary Boswell told the four they would either be in jail until 2035 or 2036 before they even get the chance for parole.

He described the circumstances faced by Pan’s father Hann and mother Bich, as “stark horror” as they went about their nightly routines unaware that intruders would open fire in their home, where the pair should have felt safest.

“These were crimes of terrifying violence,” he said.

He also castigated Pan for her role in organizing the murder with her former boyfriend and co-accused Daniel Wong and his associates David Mylvaganam and Lenford Crawford.

“She lived a life of deception,” he told the packed Newmarket courtroom. “(They did not deserve) the death penalty she imposed on them. This was a business transaction ... the commodity, death.”

Referring to Pan’s plans that the Crown alleged involved hiring men to shoot her parents and make it look like a robbery so she could live off the $1 million inheritance, he said the crime was “calculated and considered” and “planned and deliberate”.

As for the affect on Pan’s father, Hann, he said the actions have “shattered his life” adding that he was astonished he survived the shots through his face and shoulder.

Perhaps the most emotional part of the day involved the victim impact statements of Pan’s father and brother.

Her father said the day his wife died, he feels like he died too, describing how he no longer takes joy out of life, neither gardening, working on cars or listening to music.

What he misses most of all, he said, was eating his wife’s cooking.

He said the couple, who had been married 30 years, never went back home to Vietnam during Pan’s youth because of his insistence that they not spend money on trips to ensure a proper education for their two kids.

As for his wife, he said she never spent money on herself to ensure her kids were never without.

His physical condition, he said, is one of constant pain, requiring a never-ending stream of medication.

His home, he added, won’t sell because he lives in a “Chinese” neighbourhood, implying everyone was too superstitious to buy the home because of what occurred inside.

The only reference to Pan came in the letter’s final line.

“I hope she thinks about what happens to her family and can become a good honest person one day,” it read.

Pan’s brother, Felix, also has been living with the dire consequences of the crime, he wrote.

He referenced losing most of his friends, not being able to find work, not being able to talk about the past and all the painful memories he held because he lost his mother in this fashion.

“Like a dark shadow, it’s something I can’t hide from,” he wrote. “Friends, family, everyone knew ... (it’s like living in) a home of darkness. I hope this gives you a glimpse of what it’s like to be me.”

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During the lawyer submissions there were a number of requests including a non-communication request from Hann Pan, Felix Pan and other family members, banning Pan from contacting any of them.

Pan’s lawyer requested that the judge use his discretion to ignore that order so as not to block an opportunity of contact between the family and Pan.

But Justice Crawford disregarded this and went ahead with the ban.

Wong, Crawford and Mylvaganam’s lawyers requested that their clients receive a lighter sentence on the attempted murder of Hann Pan.

Wong’s lawyer said he had risen through the ranks to become the manager of Boston Pizza before the incident and also implied his role was far smaller than others, saying it amounted to “passing on messages” and not violence.

Crawford’s lawyer said he too had a job before the murder, working at a garage and insisted that “roles have to be distinguished here,” citing his role in “relaying messages” far from the violence that occurred in the Pan home.

He also said Crawford’s parents were present in the court and were standing by him, pleading with the judge not to “crush his chances at rehabilitation.”

Finally Mylvaganam’s lawyer said the jury didn’t find him guilty of being in the home or pulling the trigger, meaning he shouldn’t be given the full punishment of life for the attempted murder.

Meanwhile, the Crown repeatedly requested life for the attempted murder arguing that although Hann Pan survived, it was by the “grace of god” and not through a lack of trying.

It was this argument the judge accepted.

Crawford was the only accused to make a statement requesting respect from the judge, saying he has respected the judicial process.

Eric Carty, the fifth accused, who the Crown alleged was in the house along with Mylvaganam, will be tried separately after his case was severed because of an illness to his lawyer in 2014.