Tag: lawyer
Man receives conditional sentence for aggravated assault
A 62-year-old Owen Sound man pleaded guilty to aggravated assault for pushing a 38-year-old woman down the fire escape at his apartment and he received an 18-month conditional sentence. Austin Soucoup pleaded guilty and was sentenced June 17 in Owen Sound’s Superior Court of Justice, court staff confirmed. Soucoup’s lawyer, Anya Shahabi, confirmed her client […]
Man sentenced to prison for manslaughter, but out on appeal
BRANTFORD â Connor Gibson has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for manslaughter in the death of a man he hit with a two-by-four board. But Gibson, dressed neatly in a suit and tie in Brantfordâs Superior Court of Justice, and his lawyer met again hours later on Thursday in Toronto to arrange bail, […]
Driver who struck Girl Guides addresses families: ‘Truly sorry’
A woman who was driving an SUV that struck a Girl Guides troop apologized to the families at her sentencing hearing Friday
‘Perfect storm’ keeps woman who robbed gas bar with fake gun from prison
Typically, robbing a gas bar with a weapon, even if it is a fake one, earns a trip to prison.
Loved ones’ pain expressed at sentencing of driver in Girl Guides crash
Ten of the 17 expected victim impact statements were read in a London courtroom on Thursday morning as sentencing began for an elderly driver who crashed into a troop of Girl Guides, killing an eight-year-old.
Owen Sound lawyer bows out after 45 years
Doug Grace closed his Owen Sound law practice on Dec. 31 after a 45-year legal career. He’s a former federal prosecutor and president of the Grey County Criminal Lawyers’ Association. His was a general law practice, with his share of high-profile local criminal defence cases, plus real estate, corporate and commercial, civil work. He said […]
Port Elgin lawyer ordered to surrender licence to practise
A Port Elgin lawyer has been found guilty of professional misconduct. John Douglas King was given 30 days to surrender his licence to practise law or else the Law Society of Ontario would revoke it, the law society announced last week. King pleaded guilty in a Walkerton courtroom and received a conditional discharge in August […]