A Canadian appeals court today upheld a guilty verdict of Desire Munyaneza, the Rwandan man who was in 2009 found guilty of playing a major role in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. 

The latest decision by Quebec's Court of Appeal means Munyaneza will serve his life sentence, with a chance to be paroled only after spending 25 years behind bars for torturing and raping civilians, according to CTV Montreal.

But considering time already served since his initial arrest in 2005, Munyaneza has at least 15 more years to serve in prison, according to the report.

The former resident of Butare prefecture in south of Rwanda, Munyaneza was arrested by Canadian authorities after arriving in the North American country on a fake Cameroonian passport.

He has had a rollercoaster of days in court and became the first person to be convicted under Canada’s war-crimes act.