trial closed on December 6, 1999, The Globe and Mail published an unprecedented six-page section devoted to the murder and trial. The verdict was finally released on December 11: Brown and Francis were found guilty, and Grant was acquitted. Brown was given a life sentence with no chance of parole for twenty-five years. Francis was given fifteen years, and seven were knocked off for the years in jail during the trial. He was thus eligible for parole only three years later, but his 2002 application was rejected. He was released on parole in 2005. On February 24, 2008, Francis was found in possession of 33 grams of crack cocaine and in May 2008 sentenced to 7½ months in jail for several drug related offences. Grant was deported from Canada to his native Jamaica where he was shot to death on October 29, 2007. Current tenants The infamous location at 306 Davenport Road was occupied by a Subway Restaurant franchise and is currently empty, with a proposal by Cityzen Development Group to build a condominium. Developers demolished the building in Spring 2022. Cultural impact The shooting inspired both Jerry Ciccoritti's 1999 film The Life Before This, and the pilot episode of the Canadian television drama series The City. References External links Globe and Mail – The Just Desserts Case: a.k.a. Brown Attacks on restaurants in North America Murder in Canada Crime in Toronto 1994 murders in Canada 1994 in Toronto Jamaican murderers