Tag: London courts
‘A life entrenched in criminality’: Habitual pharmacy robber gets 12 years
The one thing the judge knew for sure about habitual pharmacy robber Steven Connors is that he is “incorrigible with little chance of rehabilitation.”
Victims voice pain as sentencing looms for ex-paramedic in voyeur case
A former Middlesex-London paramedic will be sentenced next month after being found guilty on four counts of voyeurism.
Arson conviction in bizarre movie-inspired clash after rough sex
Instead of dousing a threatening pimp with gas, William McDonald had lots of other options.
Criminally responsible? Accused London killer may learn fate Dec. 2
Samnang Kong pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder back when the local jail was in full COVID-19 outbreak and there were still pandemic-based concerns about transporting inmates to the London courthouse.
Ex-priest, Diocese of Huron sued for $4.1M in sex abuse lawsuit
An ex-Anglican priest convicted of sexually abusing boys in his parishes and the London-region diocese that once employed him face a $4.1-million lawsuit from an abuse survivor. David Norton, who was sentenced to a total of 13 years in prison for abusing boys at two London-area congregations, and his former employer, the Incorporated Synod of […]
The $162K question: Should jewelry store robber pay back share of missing loot?
The question that lingers from the violent Gordons Gold Jewellers heist three years ago is what happened to all the loot. The masked robbers who pulled off the brazen daytime smash-and-grab at the London jewelry store on March 19, 2019, made off with $531,000 in merchandise when they terrorized the owners and staff, smashed the […]
Death in prison looms for ailing man convicted of robbing pharmacies
Steven Connors is in the last stages of his life — and his death is likely going to be in prison. Handcuffed to the arm of his wheelchair, the tall, gaunt chronic criminal, who has spent most of his adult life incarcerated, pleaded guilty Monday to one more violent pharmacy robbery in London — while […]
Woman found guilty of impaired driving in crash that killed friend
The thread that ran throughout Kelly Jacobs’ impaired driving trial was the bright pink jacket Beulah Peters was wearing the night she was struck and killed along a dark, rural road.
Impaired driving trial boils down to circumstantial evidence, testimony for jury
Jury hears closing arguments in case of friend run down on road after night of partying with friends What happened to Beulah Peters when she was struck by a pickup truck along a dark section of Jubilee Road comes down to “a matter of seconds,” the Crown said. But, what the jury at Kelly Jacobs’ […]
$235K fraud: Crown wants prison term; ‘Stamp Guy’ seeks house arrest
The judge sent a message to “the Stamp Guy.”