Man given 40 years in prison for stabbing boss

[June 13, 2009]  CHICAGO (AP) -- A man convicted of fatally stabbing his boss because of a bad job review has been sentenced to 40 years in prison.

Cook County circuit Judge Jorge Alonso also gave 37-year-old Tom Tuduj a consecutive sentence of five years for disarming a police officer at the time of his arrest.

Tuduj, of Harwood Heights, Ill., was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of Gary Poter, president and CEO of Poter Construction and Development. Tuduj, an appraiser and bidder for the company, struggled with the 48-year-old Poter, then stabbed him to death with a kitchen knife at his office near O'Hare International Airport.

Before sentencing, Tuduj rambled on for a half hour, apologizing to Poter's family while blaming a toxic combination of medicine for the murder.

[Associated Press]

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