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Father gets 21 years, mother 18, for ‘relentless’ abuse of children

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The family home, the judge said, was “a house of horrors.” Superior Court Justice Thomas Heeney, in his decision to sentence two parents to long prison sentences for routinely sexually and physically abusing their four children during an 18-year period, said the facts of the case were “the most egregious that I have encountered during […]

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Two more sex-related charges laid against Southwestern Ontario doctor

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CHATHAM – Two more sex-related charges involving a minor were laid against a Chatham-Kent Health Alliance emergency physician. Robert Nathanial Wismer was arrested on Oct. 25 and charged with sexual assault and sexual interference involving a minor, according to court documents. According to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario website, the two new […]

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Baby flown to London hospital, woman charged with assault: Police

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Hanover police have charged a 23-year-old North Bruce Peninsula woman after a four-month-old baby was treated for injuries in Hanover hospital’s emergency department before being flown to London for more treatment. Hanover police Chief Chris Knoll said in a statement that police were called early in the morning on Oct. 30 about the injured baby. […]