Tag: London courts
Hockey Canada trial: Defence argues woman’s story built on ‘white lie’
It started, Michael McLeod’s defence lawyer said, with “a white lie.” It’s ended up in a London courtroom where five 2018 Team Canada junior hockey players are on trial over sexual assault allegations that David Humphrey called “preposterous.” Humphrey, the first of the five defence legal teams to give a closing argument, described the 27‑year‑old […]
Boyfriend of slain London nurse was target of hit, court hears
Two gunmen killed a nurse outside her northwest London home in a botched hit targeting her boyfriend, a court heard.
Accused in fatal shooting of London nurse expected to plead guilty
A scheduled homicide trial starting Monday of a man charged in the shooting death of Lynda Marques has taken an unexpected turn.
Drug dealer gets house arrest for ex-girlfriend’s fatal overdose
Despite years of experience with illegal drugs, Joshua Biernacki didn’t believe he or his former girlfriend would ever be seriously harmed by them. He told the author of a pre-sentence report that he and Deborah Beer “never thought about the serious consequences … (and) never thought that this could happen to us.” But tragically it […]
Mom’s ‘long journey’ ends as woman sentenced for fatally shooting son
A London mother said she found comfort after a woman was sentenced for the bizarre shooting of her adult son whose body was put in a bin