Tag: London courts
Murder accused goes silent, upending trial’s psychiatric assessment
Samnang Kong’s psychiatric assessment to determine whether he was criminally responsible for killing a London man has hit a snag.
Man who schemed with mothers to create child porn sentenced to prison
There were two sides to the London man who convinced two women to supply him with sexually charged photos and videos of their children.
‘Mere seconds’ changed lives: Judge at Richmond Row murder sentencing
The community can learn from Dereck Szaflarski’s “senseless” death, the judge said. On weekends at closing time in London’s busiest entertainment district, when it’s “full of people who are under the influence of alcohol and other substances,” tempers can flare over the smallest of reasons. “Conflicts of any sort can become the toxic cocktail, which […]
At core of tangled arson, sexual assault trial: Consent and intent
Even William McDonald felt sick hearing the Crown read his text messages describing the rough sex he wanted to have with an escort. “Can I have a bucket?” he asked from the witness box at his Superior Court trial on Friday. While McDonald was bent over a trash can, the court had to break only […]
Accused’s wild day started with rough sex, ended with explosion in car
Seconds after an explosion in the heart of downtown, two men tumbled out of the burning white Honda Civic, both with terrible burns. One of them was William McDonald, 33, who, with burns to his face and hands, ran right into a police officer at the corner of Wellington and Dundas streets on Jan. 17, […]