Provincial Judge William Stewart ruled the killing of Nirmal Singh Gill, 65, was racially motivated and called it repugnant describing the killers as "moronic braggarts."

The five pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the January 1998 killing of Gill outside the Guru Nanak temple in suburban Surrey.

All five -- Nathan Leblanc, 27; Robert Kluch, 26; Radoslaw Synderek, 24; Daniel Miloszewski, 22; and Lee Nikkel, 18 -- had links to a neo-Nazi group called White Power, according to courtroom evidence.

Police said the men bragged about the killing to undercover officers posing as motorcycle gang members.