Tag: Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre
Accused’s violent poem entered as evidence at drug dealer murder trial
Ashley Bourget called her poem “Small Child” – but it contained a big, glaring comment that kept it out of a jailhouse poetry-writing competition. Instead, her creative writing from October 2023 while she was behind bars became evidence at her first-degree murder trial in the death of high-level drug dealer Grant Norton. “Now that I’m […]
London jail adds 110 new beds, top official issues warning to criminals
Ontario’s solicitor general was in London Friday with a blunt warning for criminals.
Photos of accused, victim tell story daughter ‘lost it,’ killed mother: Crown
Barbara Cabala has maintained throughout her Superior Court manslaughter trial her mother attacked her and she was defending herself during a fight that left her mother dead.
London cop quits, ending professional misconduct tribunal
A veteran London cop has resigned amid allegations he hired a sex-trade worker and insulted fellow officers on social media. Seven professional misconduct charges against Const. Juan Romero, 47, were stayed Friday after a tribunal heard the 20-year service member had resigned from the force. But that’s not the end of legal trouble for Romero, […]
Shock, anger over inmate’s death: ‘No one deserves to die like that’
Those close to an inmate who died in the Sarnia Jail are expressing shock, anger, and are calling for accountability over his sudden death.