India, March 8 -- A second person accused in the killing of Ripudaman Singh Malik has also received a life sentence.

Jose Lopez, 26, was handed a life sentence without the possibility of parole for 20 years in the British Columbia Supreme Court at New Westminster on Friday.

Lopez's lawyer expressed remorse for the act on his behalf, according to a report in the outlet Vancouver Sun.

BC Supreme Court Justice Terence Schultes said he was "satisfied" with the sentence as it was "a sensible and appropriate resolution of the charge," the report stated.

Lopez faced charges related to second-degree murder, as did the other hitman accused in the case, 24-year-old Tanner Fox, who received a similar sentence on January 28.

Neither of them has ...