Killers of Hamilton antiques dealer sentenced

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The killers of a Hamilton man have been sentenced.

Matthew and George Cooke were found guilty of manslaughter and robbery in March. Jesse Kovacs, 56, was a former Locke St antiques dealer killed in December 2011 after two Port Hope men – an uncle and nephew – broke into his apartment to rob him.

George Cooke has been sentenced to 12 years; he’s been credited with time served so he’ll have another seven years in prison. Matthew has been sentenced to 10 years; with time served he’ll have to serve 4 years and 10 months.

They apologized to the family at their sentencing hearing today.

Video (above:) Cindy Csordas speaks to Jesse Kovacs’ mother and sister about the sentence.

CHCH’s Cindy Csordas will have more on the sentencing tonight on the Evening News at 6.

Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story misidentified where Matthew and George Cook were from. This has been corrected.