Tag: lawyer
Thornbury Ghost Bike serves as both memorial and reminder
A Ghost Bike now stands as a memorial to a cyclist who died this month after being struck by a vehicle on Highway 26 just west of the town of Thornbury. “Many of these deaths are preventable. We want a reminder out there for people to be safe and look after each other,” said David […]
Accused denies she attacked her mother, ‘beat her to a pulp’
Barbara Cabala testified she still struggles to understand what triggered her mother to “attack” her in a violent struggle that left her mother dead. “I don’t know, that’s what I was trying to process, trying to figure out. Why? Forty years of arguing back and forth, all of a sudden decide to resort to physical […]
Speeding teen driver gets house arrest for crash that killed two
A 17-year-old driver whose excessive speed caused a crash that killed two Brantford teens in 2023 ignored multiple traffic warnings to slow down, said a Woodstock judge said last week, sentencing the young man. But his behaviour appeared to be uncharacteristic and the now-19-year-old, who can’t be named due to a publication ban, is deeply […]
Doctor loses court challenge over local hospital’s COVID-19 vaccine rules
A doctor whose privileges to practice at a Strathroy hospital were revoked over his COVID-19 vaccination status has lost his court challenge to get them reinstated.
Tears, apology from ex-employee who took $300K from United Way
A former employee who pleaded guilty to defrauding the United Way of Chatham-Kent out of about $300,000 made a tearful apology in court before receiving a nearly two-year sentence of house arrest
Mom rips six-year prison sentence for drunk driver who killed boy
ST. THOMAS – A drunk driver who crashed onto a sidewalk here, killing an 11-year-old boy and injuring several others, was sentenced on Friday to six years in prison.
Jury hears account of deadly fight at trial of woman charged in mom’s death
The woman charged with manslaughter in the 2021 death of her mother told police that they were “strangling each other full-throttle,” the jury heard Friday as the Crown concluded its case.
Inquest set to start in fatal Christmastime London police shooting
A coroner’s inquest into the death of a hatchet-wielding London man killed during a 2016 police raid on his Old South home is set to begin Monday morning. A five-person jury will examine the circumstances surrounding the death of Samuel Maloney, 35, who was fatally shot by police after firing a crossbow at an officer […]
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, […]
Paramedics testify about treating injured mom, daughter at London condo
Paramedics were faced with two dramatically different medical situations when they were called to a Wilkins Street condo. One was to attend to Barbara Cabala, 43, who was already in the back of a London police cruiser when the paramedics who would deal with her rolled up to the address. The other was Cabala’s mother, […]