In a Melfort courtroom Wednesday; Steven Lee Lewis was sentenced to 22 years in jail for second degree murder.

The 32 year-old Hudson Bay man was originally charged with first degree murder in the death of his estranged wife, Stacey Lewis. He shot her at the front door of his home in front of the couple's daughter.in February.

Court leaned that Lewis pleaded guilty to spare his daughter testifying.

The maximum sentence for second degree murder is 25 years.