Dia Hanan was sentenced a week ago to 15 years in prison
WINDSOR — Family and friends of a Windsor man sentenced to 15 years in prison in a double shooting say justice has not be served.
Dia Hanan, 36, was handed the prison term a week ago after he shot and killed Alekesji Guzhavin in December 2015 and shot and paralysed another man, Gregory Henriquez.
Hanan testified during the trial he was acting in self defence and protecting his family after the two men showed up at his home on Oak Street looking for money.
A jury found Hanan guilty of manslaughter and two weapons offences.
From 10am to 2pm on Monday, his family and friends held signs outside of the Superior Courthouse in downtown Windsor.
Hanan's young son Walaa Hanan held a sign that read, 'I'm alive because my daddy protected us!!"
"My dad's not guilty," he said.
They aren't happy with the sentence saying Hanan was only protecting this family and should not be in jail.
"My brother basically is the one who saved his family and he got 15 years for it, this is why we are here supporting him," said Hanan's brother Wyad Najjar. "Hopefully people in there would listen and understand that we love our brother."
Hanan fired nine shots on the night of the shooting, but Najjar doesn't believe that ought to play a factor.
"For nine shots, I get it, if there was one person, nine shots would be too much, but there were two big guys, two, not one, two," he says.