UPDATE: Scott Gellatly Sentenced for Killing His Wife, Seriously Injuring Her Mother

UPDATE 1 P.M. Scott Gellatly, 47, of Oxford will serve at least the next 25 years behind bars as he was sentenced in Superior Court, Milford on Tuesday afternoon.

Overall the sentence was 45 years, the New Haven Register reports. He was also placed on suicide watch.

The sentencing was so packed, that it had to be moved to a larger courtroom to accommodate those who attended.

Outside of court Merry Jackson, who was shot by Gellatly, told the media that she wants to put this behind her now and is looking forward to not facing this issue anymore.

Concerning her own health she said she feels pretty good now, and feels fortunate that she is “up and around” and that it could have been a lot worse.

Her daughter, Lori Gellatly, 32, was murdered by Scott Gellatly in 2014. 

We’ll update this breaking news story throughout the afternoon.

Original story: Scott Gellatly, 47, of Oxford will learn later today whether he will spend the rest of his life behind bars after he pleaded guilty to murdering his estranged wife, Lori Gellatly, 32, at her parent’s house at 43 Sioux Dr., and shooting her mother, Merry Jackson, who has had several surgeries following the incident.

The shootings occurred on May 7, 2014. Gellatly could receive a 45-year prison sentence when he is sentenced later today in Superior Court, Milford, but if the case had gone to trial he could have been looking at a sentence of more than 80 years.

• Patch will update this story as soon as the sentencing occurs. Keep checking back for updates.

Gellatly pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder. The Gellatlys’ twins, who were 18 months old at the time, were present but not injured during the shootings, the Hartford Courant reports.

After the guilty plea earlier this summer, Jackson, 64, said “I would have loved to hear “life” or, to tell you the truth, I would like the death penalty but it’s not possible,” Jackson, said according to the Hartford Courant’s Alaine Griffin. “I feel that this is a life sentence for him. He’s not gonna have a good life and he doesn’t deserve one. I mean, he took an angel that day and he tried to kill me.”

Prior to the shootings, Lori Gellatly filed for a temporary restraining order from her husband, and police at the time said he forced his way into the house, shot his wife and her mother, and fled, but was apprehended after a brief manhunt, Fox Ct reports.

Read the full Hartford Courant story here.