Tag: London courts
Confrontation over jaywalking sparked deadly downtown clash: Crown
The jury at a London murder trial isn’t being asked to figure out who stabbed Dereck Szaflarski. What it’s been asked to decide is whether Robert Ashley Williams is guilty of murder after a confrontation with Szaflarski on Richmond Street on May 26, 2018. “This is not a case of a whodunit,” said assistant Crown […]
Mistaken identity suggested in closing arguments at attempted murder trial
The man who was stabbed in the neck testified he was certain who did it.
Stabbed man doesn’t budge from testimony about who attacked him
Grant Douglas agreed he’s had a drug problem, that he’s lived on the streets and he has a criminal record. But he wouldn’t agree to suggestions he was high and didn’t know who stuck a knife into his neck at about 4 a.m. on June 20, 2020. “I remember who stabbed me, that’s for darn […]
Funeral planned for London homicide victim as accused appears in court
As a funeral looms for London’s most recent homicide victim, the man charged in her slaying made a brief court appearance Wednesday.
Man testifies accused in attempted murder trial ‘just kept slashing at me’
Bleeding from a wound on the back of his neck, Grant Douglas ran out to Adelaide Street with the man who stabbed him laughing behind him, like a scene from a horror movie. “He’s got this Michael Myers’ pace on and he’s just following me and I’m just running,” said Douglas, 48, referring to the […]