Three years after he was arrested, a man has pleaded guilty to murdering his 88-year-old mother in Mississauga on the day his trial was set to begin.
Anthony Biunno — 52 years old at the time of his arrest in 2019 — was charged with second-degree murder by Peel Regional Police.
Officers were called to the Shelby Crescent and Willowbank Trail area, near Tomken Road and Eastgate Parkway, at around 6:15 p.m. on Sept. 3, 2019, for reports of an assault.
Anthony’s mother, Mariantonia Biunno, was taken to hospital where she died of blunt force trauma injuries, Global News was told at the time.
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In court on Wednesday, as the trial was set to begin, he pled guilty to second-degree murder. He was handed a life-sentence and will not be eligible for parole for 11 years.
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— with files from Global News’ Catherine McDonald
Tony Biunno is the 52-year-old man charged with the second degree murder of his 88-year-old mother Mariantonia Biunno in her Mississauga home Tuesday. “Maria” as she was known, was widowed in 2015. She loved to garden. Police sources tell me Maria was attacked with a baseball bat pic.twitter.com/1b9iE80pxy
— Catherine McDonald (@cmcdonaldglobal) September 4, 2019
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