Tag: Grant Norton
Reluctant witness dodges Crown’s questions at murder trial
Shane Cameron wanted to be anywhere but in the witness box. He slumped in the chair and mumbled a few answers to questions from the Crown. “I frankly don’t know why I’m here because I have a hard time remembering things and I don’t have any recollection about what happened or who or whatever that […]
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 […]
Accused wanted to collect $1M from mob for dealer: Witness
Ashley Bourget wouldn’t tell Joe Hodgkin over the phone why she urgently needed him to come to her apartment.
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 […]
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.