Tag: London courts
Bush bash homicide: Witness recalls feeling scared, defends not calling 911
As the bush party was winding down, Jonathan Lopez had a bad feeling. He was standing with friends near a big bonfire in the clearing of a southwest London wooded area just off Pack Road in the early morning of July 31, 2021. âThe night was ending because we couldnât see very well,â he testified […]
Bush bash homicide: Young man recalls ‘freaking out’ after friend’s shooting
The quick phone call at the bush bash from a friend who’d just left the party made Braedan Bubb-Clarke feel âthreatened and endangered.â
Accused upset, fearful after bush party shooting, friend testifies
The video played for murder trial witness Mackenna Bain showed her talking to a London police officer about a week after Josue Silva was shot to death. By then, Bain already had made a couple of police statements. In the first one, she didnât talk about anything beyond an argument over a spilled drink and […]
Court freezes assets of London financial advisor accused of $2M fraud
A court order has been issued to freeze the assets of a former London financial advisor accused of defrauding more than a dozen clients out of nearly $2 million. London police arrested Robert (Randy) Hawken, 66, on Sept. 12 and charged him with fraud over $5,000 and possessing property obtained by crime valued at more […]
Witness testifies about women’s fear after fatal bush party shooting: ‘All scared’
They were so scared of a texted threat, they needed a plan. One of the young women who was in Emily Altmannâs car after the fatal shooting of Josue Silva at a southeast London bush party said she, Altmann and three other women made a plan in the car about what to say to police […]
Father gets 21 years, mother 18, for ‘relentless’ abuse of children
The family home, the judge said, was âa house of horrors.â Superior Court Justice Thomas Heeney, in his decision to sentence two parents to long prison sentences for routinely sexually and physically abusing their four children during an 18-year period, said the facts of the case were âthe most egregious that I have encountered during […]
Double killer gets three years for trafficking guns from prison
The second time William (Billy) McDonald was sentenced for murder, the judge said she doubted he would ever give up a life of crime.
Bush party homicide: Witness recalls threatening post-gunshot text message
The few seconds of frantic screams and shouts from a short cellphone video recorded inside Emily Altmannâs car echoed through the courtroom.
Witness describes screaming match between accused, girl at bush party
It was obvious to the people who were with her that Emily Altmann was angry. She and the group of women with whom she had gone to the bush party were walking out of the bush party, followed by another group who were making sure they were leaving. It was because Altmann got into a […]
Bush party murder trial: Pathologist describes teen’s fatal gunshot wound
It was one gunshot that killed Josue Silva.