Tag: sexual assault
LIVE: Opening statements at the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial
Evidence was to begin Wednesday morning at the high-profile trial of five members of Canada’s 2018 gold-winning world junior hockey team, who are charged with sexual assault in connection with an alleged 2018 incident at a downtown London hotel. LFP reporter Jonathan Juha has live coverage below:
Canada junior hockey champs plead not guilty to sexual assault as trial begins
First was former New Jersey Devils forward Michael McLeod. “Not guilty,” he said twice, once after hearing the charge of sexual assault and again after hearing his second charge of sexual assault as a party to the offence. Ready for his trial. He sat down. Next was former Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Carter Hart. “Not guilty.” […]
Man, 60, charged after cyclist badly hurt in hit-and-run: OPP
A 60-year-old man is charged in connection with a hit-and-run crash northeast of Woodstock that left a cyclist with serious injuries, police say. Monday, Ontario Provincial Police in Oxford County said a 60-year-old from Woodstock had been arrested and faces a charge of failing to stop at an accident resulting in bodily harm. The charge […]
LIVE: Day 1 – Hockey Canada sexual assault trial in London
Tuesday marks the beginning of the highly anticipated trial of five players from Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team, all charged with sexual assault in connection with an incident at a downtown London hotel several months after they won gold. LFP journalists have live coverage of Day 1:
What to know as the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial starts in London
The much-anticipated sexual assault trial of five players from the 2018 Canadian world junior hockey team is expected to begin Tuesday morning. Jury selection is slated to start at 10 a.m. at the London courthouse for a Superior Court of Justice trial that’s slated to last eight weeks. The charges are linked to a Hockey […]