Tag: Justice
Three U.K. men charged in Owen Sound restaurant owner’s death: Police
OWEN SOUND â Three men from the United Kingdom are charged in the 2023 death of an Owen Sound restaurant owner who was assaulted outside his business in a dispute over an unpaid bill. The charges were announced at a news conference Wednesday afternoon in Owen Sound by Owen Sound police and the Ontario Provincial […]
Woman gets six years in prison for kidnapping in grisly slaying
A woman initially charged with first-degree murder in the death of a Windsor man who was shot, dismembered and burned on Walpole Island in 2021 was sentenced Tuesday to six years behind bars for kidnapping.
Woman not criminally responsible in infant death
A woman has been found not criminally responsible in the death of an infant. Nancy Brubacher, 31, of Grey Highlands had originally been charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault, which was updated to murder when the child succumbed to related injuries, Grey Bruce OPP said in a news release at the time. On Dec. […]
Man gets 10 years for bush party death, assault in ‘petty teenaged conflict’
The judge didnât mince words about what he thought of Dylan Schaap and his involvement in Josue Silvaâs death at a southwest London bush party. âAll that Mr. Schaap has going for him is that he did not pull the trigger,” said Superior Court Justice Michael Carnegie when he sentenced Schaap, 23, to 10 years […]
Mistrial declared in former Woodstock mayor’s first sex assault trial
Woodstockâs disgraced former two-term mayor will get a second chance at his first sexual assault trial. A mistrial has been declared for Trevor Birtch, 49, the former mayor convicted in June of one count of sexual assault and one count of assault involving a 45-year-old former girlfriend in 2021. On Monday, the judge who convicted […]
Man, woman charged in break-in after getaway vehicle gets stuck: Police
A man and a woman are facing charges after police say two individuals were seen fleeing a property on foot and driving a stolen vehicle in broad daylight.
Woman gets house arrest for sexually interfering with teen boy
A Sarnia woman in her late 20s has been sentenced to two yearsâ house arrest for sexually interfering with a teenaged boy.
Accused over thumbnails: Inside one family’s digital nightmare
A knock at the door. A police search. A rose gold iPhone. Child pornography allegations. Shocking as the charges were against his son, a Woodstock father says the family ordeal that followed shattered his faith in the justice system. Brian Williams reports. CHAPTER 1: THE SEARCH WARRANT A knock at the Spina householdâs front door […]
‘He was unarmed and you shot and killed him’: Crown to accused
Carlos Guerra Guerra said he just wanted the jury to hear âthe truth.â âI have already admitted to all my wrongs here,â Guerra Guerra said during the Crownâs cross-examination at his second-degree murder trial Friday. âWhat could possibly make me look more guilty aside from the fact that Iâm standing in front of these 14 […]
Bush party homicide trial: Crown attacks accused killer’s ‘self-defence’ claim
At no time after Carlos Guerra Guerra shot Josue Silva at a bush party did he mention to anyone that he acted in self-defence.