Tag: Ontario courts
Ontario Provincial Police fire officer amid six-year prison sentence
Disgraced Ontario Provincial Police officer Jason Redmond has been fired just before he was sentenced Friday to six years in prison for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in 2017.
Court backs school board for blocking activist’s speech: ‘Attack on trans movement’
A woman’s contention that her rights were violated when a school board blocked her from speaking out against flying Pride flags at schools has been rejected by an Ontario court panel that called the proposed remarks an “attack” on the transgender community.
Harsh jail conditions reduce sentence for man who killed ‘longtime love’
James Braun had an entire pandemic behind bars to think about the death of the woman he called his “longtime love.”
Retrial of dog breeder accused in fatal shooting of rival to be held in St. Thomas
The retrial of a man charged in a bizarre Huron County homicide of a field dog rival at a Clinton conservation area will be heard in Elgin County.
Prison for woman, 60, at ‘apex’ of $12M marijuana grow-op
A judge has sentenced a 60-year-old woman, described as being at the “apex” of an illegal $12-million marijuana grow operation on the site of an old drug-treatment facility, to more than three years in prison.
Quick confession, shorter sentence for Southwestern Ontario drug dealer
A Simcoe drug dealer who immediately confessed his crimes to police when he was arrested was given a somewhat shortened sentence in prison due to his cooperation.
‘Abuse of process’: Judge lays out reasons for quashing subpoena for PM
The judge suspected a right-leaning gravel thrower’s call for the prime minister to testify at his London trial had more to do with politics than due process.
Tears, grief at sentencing hearing for impaired driver who killed friend
Kelly Jacobs couldn’t get past the introduction.
Ruling gives Saugeen First Nation ownership of strip of Sauble Beach
A Superior Court judge has recognized an additional strip of beach at Sauble Beach “is and always has been part of Saugeen First Nation’s reserve,” the band announced Tuesday. A band announcement on Facebook said Justice Susan Vella’s decision extends the reserve’s northern boundary past the Welcome to Sauble Beach sign to about 6th Street […]
Jury rejects ‘faint hope’ parole bid by man convicted of ex-wife’s murder
WOODSTOCK – A jury on Friday began deciding whether a local man who murdered his wife almost 18 years ago can have what the judge called “a chance to ask for a chance.”