Man Who Mowed Down Nuevo Woman While Her Kids Watched Sentenced
RIVERSIDE - A 46-year-old man who ran over and killed his ex-girlfriend, as well as injured her mother when she tried to intervene, in Nuevo while the younger woman's children watched was sentenced today to 29 years to life in state prison.
A Riverside jury in December convicted Bun Thieng Leuk of first-degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon, child abuse and violation of a domestic violence restraining order for the deadly 2019 vehicular attack on 35-year-old Linda Holguin.
``The crime involved great violence, and there are no circumstances in mitigation,'' Riverside County Superior Court Judge Bernard Schwartz said before handing down the sentence. ``The defendant has expressed no remorse.''
Schwartz gave Leuk credit for time served in the Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta while a