'Devoted, Loving Dad': Son of Cab Driver Murdered by Pawtucket Man Gives Statement at Sentencing

Killer of Boston taxi driver – who was a ‘devoted, loving dad’ – sentenced to life in prison

The killer of a taxi driver — remembered as a “hardworking, devoted, loving dad” — has been sentenced to life in prison for the brazen daylight shooting in the Back Bay. Phillip Foy, 40, was convicted earlier this week by a Suffolk County jury of first-degree murder for the fatal shooting of 60-year-old Dorchester man Luckinson Oruma back on June 4, 2019. The Suffolk County judge on Friday imposed the mandatory sentence of life in prison without…

'Devoted, loving dad': Son of cab driver murdered by Pawtucket man gives statement at sentencing

BOSTON, Mass. (WLNE) — A Pawtucket man convicted in the 2019 shooting murder of a Boston cab driver was sentenced to state prison Friday. Phillip Foy, 40, will serve a mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. During a victim impact statement, the son of victim Luckinson Oruma said his father was a  “hardworking, devoted, loving dad.” He also said that Oruma was murdered while “he was doing what he always did, worki…

Man sentenced to life in prison for killing Boston cab driver remembered as ‘loving dad’

A 40-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Friday after being convicted of murder for the fatal shooting of a cab driver in Boston nearly six years ago.A jury convicted Phillip Foy of first-degree murder after five days of deliberations, Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden’s office said. The conviction carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison.

Man sentenced to life in prison for 2019 killing of taxi driver in front of Boston hotel

Phillip Foy was found guilty of first-degree murder in the June 4, 2019, shooting of Luckinson Oruma, Boston's prosecutors said Monday.