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‘Innocent joke’ preceded fatal gunshot at large bush party: Witness
While hiding in the bushes in the darkness, they heard the pop. Then, everywhere there was chaos. Rachel Johnson, testifying Tuesday at the second-degree murder trial of Emily Altmann, 22, and Carlos Guerra Guerra, 23, described the scene at a southwest London bush party after a gunshot rang out and Western University student Josue Silva, […]
Judge convicts man who rammed police vehicle during wild chase
SARNIA â A Petrolia-area man has been found guilty after trial of nearly all the charges he was facing after a Lambton OPP cruiser was intentionally rammed amid a stolen vehicle chase. Cody Price will be sentenced later this year. A three-day trial into the Dec. 30, 2022 incident was held in Sarnia in July […]
OPP offer new details in ‘high-risk’ London takedown
A Hamilton man arrested in a âhigh-riskâ takedown across the street from London police headquarters is charged with forcible confinement, provincial police say. Officers responded to a reported disturbance in a vehicle on Hjghway 401 West about 10:30 a.m. Monday, Middlesex OPP said Tuesday. âThe OPP received a call from passengers in a vehicle that […]
OPP conduct ‘high-risk’ traffic stop near London police station
London police assisted provincial police with a âhigh-riskâ traffic stop across from police headquarters on Dundas Street Monday. The OPP received information from Hamilton police about a disturbance inside a vehicle travelling west on the Highway 401 possibly heading to London, an OPP spokesperson Const. Jeff Hare said. OPP located the vehicle and a high-risk […]
Voting period opens on South Bruce DGR referendum
Voting has opened in the Municipality of South Bruce on a referendum that will help determine if the municipality is willing to be the site of an underground storage vault for Canada’s spent nuclear fuel. Voters were eligible to cast their ballots either online or via telephone on the referendum question beginning at 10 a.m. on […]
Witness admits to making mocking video before fatal bush-party shooting
A video from a London bush party where a teen was later shot dead, which a 21-year-old posted on social media, shows her own face and then a group of women, one of them with a purse. Emily Altmannâs defence lawyer, Nathan Gorham, asked several times why Isabella Restrepo made that short clip and why […]
Extreme intoxication no excuse for downloading child porn: Judge
A Southwestern Ontario man who claimed he was too drunk to remember downloading more than 100 pornographic videos involving young children couldnât convince a judge he was rehabilitated enough to avoid prison. A defence lawyer for Liam R. Bock, 25, said the Brantford resident is now sober and has been heavily involved in serving the […]
Burned and then buoyed: London restaurant pays it forward
The owner of Spageddy Eddy’s says he was surprised when a group of people covered a tab of $150 for three people who left without paying
New downtown furniture store sees opportunity as towers begin to fill
As new downtown apartment towers start filling up, a store is opening in a former optical shop to help tenants furnish their units. MiCasa by the Bedroom Boutique is opening Sat. Oct. 19 in the former Hakim Optical store at the corner of King and Clarence streets. Owner Kavi Singh from Brampton said he was […]
Witness accused of lying, bullying accused at deadly bush party
While acknowledging what happened to Josue Silva at a southwest London bush party was a traumatic event for his friends, the lawyer of one of the people on trial for murder accused a Crown witness of lying. Nathan Gorham, defence lawyer for Emily Altmann, suggested at the start of his cross-examination of Isabella Restrepo, 21, […]