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U.K. men who came to Southwestern Ontario for âcrime tourismâ deported
A Sarnia judge had a farewell message for a pair of U.K. men who, apparently unsuccessfully, tried scamming several local homeowners out of money with fraudulent cleaning and repair jobs while on a vacation in Canada. âGo home,â Justice Paul Kowalyshyn said Thursday in a Sarnia courtroom. âDonât let the door of the plane hit you […]
50 years ago today, Art Duhamel was arrested for fishing in Grand Traverse Bay
The arrest led to a test case that would force the state of Michigan to recognize Anishinaabe fishing rights in the Grand Traverse region.
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.
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 […]
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.
Bush party homicide trial: Accused takes witness stand, recalls fatal gunshot
Just as Carlos Guerra Guerra was about to describe how he used his loaded handgun in what he says was self-defence, his voice broke and his eyes welled. âCan we take a break, please?â he said on Wednesday to defence lawyer Ricardo Golec, who had been asking Guerra Guerra about what happened on July 31, […]
Crown urges maximum sentence for ‘worst offender’ in devastating stabbing
When he was sentenced the first time for a violent stabbing, the family of Michael Postâs victim urged the Crown to lock him away âfor a very long time.â