An Ottawa jury found Fsha Tekhle guilty of first-degree murder in the stabbing of Brkti Berhe.

A first-degree murder verdict is the jury's finding on that count. CBC wrote that the conviction comes with automatic life sentences, plural, and no eligibility for parole for 25 years. The Ottawa Citizen described an automatic sentence of life without parole for 25 years. No eligibility for parole for 25 years, and life without parole for 25 years, are not the same words. Tekhle admitted causing the death and pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder.

CBC News, posted Nov. 7, 2026, at 11:12 a.m. EST, with files from Kristy Nease and Justin Ball, reported Fsha Tekhle, 38, was found guilty of first-degree murder on Saturday in the stabbing death of Brkti Berhe, 36. It reported he was arrested and charged with killing her in Paul Landry Park on Oct. 24, 2024, and that police labelled the killing a femicide. It reported the unanimous decision of a 12-person jury came after five days of deliberations, and that gasps were heard in the courtroom. It reported the conviction comes with automatic life sentences in Canada, with no eligibility for parole for 25 years. Life sentences, plural, is the word on that page. One count of first-degree murder is the verdict it reported. The Ottawa Citizen, by Abyssinia Abebe, published Nov. 7, 2026, reported the conviction comes with an automatic sentence of life without parole for 25 years. No eligibility for parole for 25 years, and life without parole for 25 years, are not the same words. The Citizen reported the jury, six men and six women, spent almost five days weighing the evidence and reached a verdict Saturday morning, after instructions from Justice Ian Carter on Monday, Nov. 2. Five days, and almost five days, are not the same length. Saturday, and Saturday morning, are not the same clock.

CBC reported Berhe was stabbed in broad daylight in front of her two youngest children. The Citizen reported she was at Paul Landry Park on Uplands Drive, in Ottawa's south end, with two of her four children, that Tekhle stabbed her multiple times at about 11:24 a.m., and that she died at the park that morning. Two youngest children, and two of four children, are not the same description. CBC's verdict story does not say she died at the park. The Citizen reported Tekhle, 38, was arrested shortly after fleeing. Neither story prints the children's names. The Citizen reported her husband, Waldab Goitom, gave an impact statement in Tigrinya and described a three-year-old who was at the park. The Citizen did not print that child's name.

CBC reported Berhe's family in Ottawa was sheltering her aunt, Tekhle's estranged fiancée, Ngsti Berhe, who had fled the couple's home in Montreal on Oct. 7, 2024, after two alleged physical assaults, and that Ngsti had testified. The Citizen spelled the name Ngisti Berhe, called her a relative who had been in a domestic relationship with Tekhle, and reported the Crown said she left on Oct. 7, 2024, because she was afraid for her life. Ngsti, and Ngisti, are not the same spelling. An aunt, and a relative, are not the same word. Two alleged assaults, and afraid for her life, are not the same fact. CBC reported the Crown alleged Tekhle had become obsessed with getting Ngsti Berhe to return, and angry at her relatives, including Brkti Berhe, for not getting her to return. It reported he admitted causing Berhe's death, pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, and testified through interpreters that he had no anger toward anyone and no plan to kill or to take measures against anyone. The Citizen reported he has not denied committing the killing through an eight-week trial, and that the question for the jury was whether he had the intent to kill her that morning. Admitted causing the death, and has not denied committing the killing, are not the same sentence. The Citizen reported the defence said he drove to Ottawa to return Ngisti's belongings and did not plan a murder, and that the weapon, a butcher knife, was among those belongings. It reported the Crown described terror screams and an estimated eight to 12 strikes to the upper body, chest, neck, and head, and argued the killing was intentional and deliberate. It reported the defence called the reaction sudden, explosive, and uncontrolled, and asked the jury for manslaughter. A not-guilty plea to first-degree murder, and a request that the jury return manslaughter, are not the same step. The Citizen reported evidence that Tekhle typed a single Facebook word at 11:40 a.m., Tefetsemeh, translated in court as it has been done, and that at 11:32 he sent a voice message to Ngisti Berhe. The Citizen reported the Ottawa Police Service characterized the death as a femicide, which the service defines as the killing of women or girls because of their gender. CBC reported police labelled it a femicide and did not print that definition.

The Citizen reported about 30 people, including four police officers, were in court Saturday morning. It reported Goitom said, "I have to accept the reality that she is no longer with us." CBC reported members of the victim's family sighed, smiled through tears, and hugged after the verdict. CBC marked the story more to come. Tekhle has been convicted of first-degree murder. He may appeal. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.