Nicholas Forman, 24, heading to prison for life after first-degree murder conviction Thurs

Update, Aug. 20, 11 AM: A Pottstown Mercury story this morning says that a jury only deliberated for 90 minutes on the fourth and final day of Nicholas Forman's murder trial Thursday. A judge reportedly sentenced Forman to life in prison on the spot because Forman requested that he be sentenced immediately. Forman never took the stand to testify at his first-degree murder trial and he reportedly showed no emotion as the guilty verdict was read in court.

PERKIOMEN TOWNSHIP, PA — A 24-year-old local man has reportedly been convicted of first-degree murder in the beating death of his girlfriend, in what was the first murder trial to take place in Montgomery County since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Philadelphia Inquirer is reporting that Nicholas Forman was convicted on the fourth day of his murder trial, in which he had been accused of beating to death Sabrina Harooni, 22, in February 2020.

Patch previously reported on Forman's legal case.

The Inquirer reported late afternoon Thursday that Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Judge William Carpenter sentenced Forman to life in prison shortly after the jury convicted him of the murder charges. That is the mandatory sentence for first-degree murder in Pennsylvania.