Tag: London Free Press
Employee sues London police over handling of sex assault case
A London police employee who a court found was sexually assaulted by an off-duty officer is suing the force for allegedly mishandling the case and not safeguarding details of the investigation from her co-workers. The woman, whose name was protected under a publication ban during the trial of Const. Eldin Omerovic three years ago, has […]
Defence lawyer rips DNA evidence in drug-dealer murder trial: ‘Framed’
The lawyer for the woman on trial for the murder of a drug dealer whose body was found in a barrel near the Thames River cast doubt on the quality of the evidence linking her client to the killing, calling her client a “scapegoat” for other perpetrators. The lawyer for Ashley Bourget, who pleaded not […]
PHOTOS: Eager young minds engage in school board robotics competition
About 160 pupils from Grades 7 and 8 across the Thames Valley District school board competed on Wednesday in the STE3M robotics competition held at Fanshawe College. Photos by LFP’s Mike Hensen mhensen@postmedia.com
LIVE: Sick juror hits pause on Hockey Canada sexual assault trial
The trial was paused on Thursday for five players from Canada’s gold-winning 2018 world junior hockey team, who are charged with sexual assault over an alleged incident in a downtown London hotel room in June 2018. A juror is sick. Follow below for live coverage from the London courthouse
Politicians vote to pull slain soldier’s name from London street
Two multi-year efforts to rename two London streets finally may be reaching the end of the road, but with different fates. Wednesday, city politicians dropped the renaming of Plantation Road in London’s Oakridge neighbourhood, an effort under way for six years, while endorsing the immediate renaming of the east-end Trooper Wilson Place in a 4-1 […]