Tag: Baseball
Witness walks back previous testimony at murder trial, blames drug use
Crown witness Joe Hodgkin appeared to have had some second thoughts. During his second day of testimony at Ashley Bourget’s first-degree murder trial, Hodgkin said Monday he was confused last week about some of the details he was trying to remember about the night he put Grant Norton’s body in a barrel and pushed it […]
Dream weavers: Inside two big-vision projects transforming London
One was an old factory, the other an overlooked area downtown. Both are now go-tos. This is Part Five of Postmedia’s How Canada Wins series.
Murder trial jury gets second look at wrapped hatchet found in dumpster
It is an unusual court exhibit at a trial about an unusual homicide. When investigators found it, it was wrapped in three layers of plastic and tucked into an old pillowcase. On Wednesday, the Superior Court jury at Ashley Bourget’s first-degree murder trial got a second look at a hatchet found in a homemade backyard […]
Police release more information on Markdale robbery
Police are now looking to speak with a person who was at a Markdale business at the same time as a suspect who is alleged to have committed a robbery. The incident occurred at approximately 9:15 p.m. on March 20 at a business on Toronto Street. The suspect entered the business, told the victim it […]
Drug-dealer murder trial: Cop recalls seeing baseball bat, possible blood
Even in the clutter of Ashley Bourget’s small Adelaide Street apartment, the black baseball bat was hard to miss.