A Pennsylvania mother called the man who murdered her son 'the devil ' and said she was 'satisfied ' he would 'spend eternity suffering in hell ' as he was sentenced on Friday to life in prison . Hugo Selenski , 41 , was convicted last month of two counts of first-degree murder for killing pharmacist Michael Kerkowski and his girlfriend Tammy Fassett in 2002 as part of a robbery plot . Michael 's mother , Geraldine Kerkowski , read from a statement during sentencing at the Luzerne County Courthouse in Wilkes-Barre , Pennsylvania , but frequently looked Selenski in the eye . Hugo Selenski got a life sentence at the Luzerne County Courthouse in Wilkes-Barre , Pennsylvania on Friday . Selenski , 41 ( seen in 2003 ) was convicted of murdering Michael Kerkowski and Tammy Fassett in 2002 . Geraldine Kerkowski , seen on Friday , read a statement during the sentencing and called Selenski the devil . While Kerkowski expressed her contempt and hatred for him , Selenski glanced toward the rest of the victims ' family members and appeared to smirk . Kerkowski , 71 , called Selenski a 'useless waste of space and air ' and declared , 'You are going straight to hell . ' She said : ' I know I can be satisfied knowing you will spend eternity suffering in hell , because there is going to be an eye for an eye . 'Hugo , you know you will be right where you will belong , in hell with Satan because you are the devil in every sense of the word . ' Fassett 's sister , Lisa Sands , told Selenski : ' I know you have no remorse for what you 've done because I can tell by the look on your face right now . 'You get to see your family . ' I have to go to a gravesite to see my sister . 'Now do you really think that 's fair ? '' Selenski was charged with killing Kerkowski and Fassett in 2006 after beating two other homicide charges . Their bodies of Michael and Tammy Fassett were among at least five sets of human remains found in Selenski 's yard in 2003 . Prosecutors said Selenski and a co-conspirator brutally beat Michael to compel him to reveal the location of tens of thousands of dollars he kept in his house , then used plastic flex ties to strangle him and Fassett . Kerkowski , who considered Selenski his best friend , had pleaded guilty to running an illegal prescription drug ring and was about to be sentenced when he and Fassett were reported missing in 2002 . After Michael was already dead , Selenski approached his parents and claimed their son was alive and needed money to pay a new defense team . They gave Selenski $ 60,000 . Kerkowski said : 'He knew he killed my son , and for a year he was at our door , looking for money , trying to make us believe that Michael was still alive . ' Judge Fred Pierantoni sentenced Selenski to consecutive life terms plus a maximum of 120 years , ensuring that Selenski will 'never again walk the streets of this commonwealth or this community ' . Selenski murdered Michael Kerkowski ( left ) , a pharmacist , and his girlfriend Tammy Fassett ( right ) in 2002 . Kerkowski , 71 , called Selenski a 'useless waste of space and air ' and declared , 'You are going straight to hell ' After his arrest , Selenski broke out of the Luzerne County Prison ( above ) by making a rope from bed sheets . Selenski maintains his innocence and is planning an appeal . His accomplice , 45-year-old Paul Weakley , pleaded guilty to federal charges and is serving life in prison , according to the Times-Tribune . Several months after his arrest , Selenski broke out of the Luzerne County Prison by fashioning a rope from bed sheets . He pleaded guilty to escape charges and was sentenced separately Friday to a maximum of three years and five months in prison , time already served . Selenski was charged in the deaths of Kerkowski and Fassett in 2006 after beating homicide charges for two of the other bodies found in the yard . The fifth set of remains recovered by police was too badly burned and could not be identified .
Hugo Selenski convicted of two counts of first-degree murder last month . He killed Michael Kerkowski and Tammy Fassett in 41 robbery plot . Selenski , 2002 , sentenced to life without parole by Pennsylvania judge . Kerkowski 's mother Geraldine looked him in face as she read a statement . Said she was 'satisfied' Selenski would 'spend eternity suffering in hell '