Tag: murder
Accused’s violent poem entered as evidence at drug dealer murder trial
Ashley Bourget called her poem “Small Child” – but it contained a big, glaring comment that kept it out of a jailhouse poetry-writing competition. Instead, her creative writing from October 2023 while she was behind bars became evidence at her first-degree murder trial in the death of high-level drug dealer Grant Norton. “Now that I’m […]
Accused in drug dealer’s death tells police ‘I want to die’
While slumped in a wheelchair, her long hair covering her face and wrapped in two blankets, Ashley Bourget got to listen to what others in her circle were saying about her involvement in the death of drug dealer Grant Norton. They told the police Bourget had been “bragging” about killing Norton, that he was “tortured […]
London home where nurse was fatally shot listed for $1.18M
A northwest London home linked to one of the city’s most shocking homicides in recent years has been listed for sale for $1.18 million. Homicide victim Lynda Marques lived at 2229 Wateroak Dr., located in the city’s Fox Hollow neighbhourhood, with her boyfriend, Ali Bhatti, and their young son. Two masked gunmen shot Marques, 30, […]
Accused in drug dealer’s death told police she deserved ‘Purple Heart’
Ashley Bourget told the police officer she should have been given “a Purple Heart” instead of a first-degree murder charge. “I shouldn’t go to jail for murder. I should get a Purple Heart instead,” she said through loud sobs during her police interview on June 16, 2021, referring to the U.S. military honour. The interview […]
Accused told police she didn’t kill drug dealer, points finger at three men
Ashley Bourget said she’d had enough. “I’m done with this because I told you now what happened 100 times and I’m fed up so I’m going to go. If you need me you know where I live,” she said as she stood up to leave the London police interview room. “Now I look like a […]