CLARK COUNTY — The man who was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend over a decade ago has learned his sentence.
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Thomas Albert was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Thursday morning in Clark County Common Pleas Court.
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Last week, a jury found Albert guilty on all charges he was facing in the murder of Candance Prunty, including aggravated murder, murder, and felonious assault.
As previously reported, Prunty had three young boys when she was killed more than a decade ago.
Five years ago, her ex-boyfriend, Albert, was charged with her murder.
Albert was dating Prunty briefly in the summer of 2015, when she broke off the relationship.
That October, someone shot and killed her inside her Springfield home while her boys were at school.
Prosecutors said it was Albert and that his being upset about the breakup was the motive.
In court on Thursday, Prunty’s mother, Patricia Beard, said her world turned upside down when she found her daughter shot dead inside her home over 10 years ago.
“This inside of me is broken in pieces because Thomas Albert robbed us, taking the most valuable thing life had to offer, the life of my child,” Beard said, adding he should “not have the right to freedom
As shown on News Center 7 at 5:30, Albert declined the option to make a statement at his sentencing on Thursday.
Clark County Common Pleas Court Judge Brian Driscoll recalled testimony from the trial where prosecutors said he shot Prunty six times, calling it “an execution,” before giving him life in prison.
As News Center 7 has previously reported, Albert’s already in prison for a separate, unrelated attempted murder conviction in Columbus in 2017. His first shot at parole in that case was in 2045, but with this Clark County sentence, any kind of parole is off the table.
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