Tag: Superior Court of Justice
Accused denies she attacked her mother, ‘beat her to a pulp’
Barbara Cabala testified she still struggles to understand what triggered her mother to “attack” her in a violent struggle that left her mother dead. “I don’t know, that’s what I was trying to process, trying to figure out. Why? Forty years of arguing back and forth, all of a sudden decide to resort to physical […]
Doctor loses court challenge over local hospital’s COVID-19 vaccine rules
A doctor whose privileges to practice at a Strathroy hospital were revoked over his COVID-19 vaccination status has lost his court challenge to get them reinstated.
Ex-prominent business owner facing 31 counts of fraud after latest police probe
Kevin Larson, a former prominent business owner in the city, was arrested and charged this week with 31 counts of fraud.
Embattled London financial advisor suffers legal setback
A court has issued a garnishment order against a former London financial advisor who is accused of defrauding his elderly clients out of more than $2 million.
Woman not criminally responsible in infant death
A woman has been found not criminally responsible in the death of an infant. Nancy Brubacher, 31, of Grey Highlands had originally been charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault, which was updated to murder when the child succumbed to related injuries, Grey Bruce OPP said in a news release at the time. On Dec. […]
Brockton asks Bruce County to share court costs
The Municipality of Brockton is asking Bruce County to share the costs of the Walkerton courthouse. At a meeting in November, Brockton council passed a motion requesting that Bruce County pay the annual costs of court security and prisoner transportation services not covered by the province. Fiona Hamilton, Brockton’s director of legislative and legal services, […]
Fentanyl dealer who dodged manslaughter charge gets house arrest
The smudging ceremony in the courtroom before Craig French was sentenced for fentanyl trafficking aimed to honour ancestors and cleanse bodies and minds. The ceremony is rarely seen in the Superior Court of Justice. Before it began, there was an explanation how the Indigenous ceremony was considered to be âsacred medicine and enlightenmentâ for all […]
Man pleads not guilty to Christmas party killing as unusual re-trial begins
Miguel Chacon-Perez repeated the same plea as he did six years ago when he went on trial again for second-degree murder.
Police shut down unlicensed London pot shop, again
An Indigenous-run marijuana shop in London shop has been shuttered for a second time after reopening following a summertime crackdown by the Ontario Provincial Police. In August, Spirit River, an unlicensed cannabis dispensary in a trailer at 72 Wellington St., and the Spirit River downtown storefront at 685 Richmond St. were closed down by the […]
Unsanctioned pot shop reopens in new trailer on Wellington Street
An unsanctioned pot shop raided by police in the summer has reopened in a new trailer just metres away from one that previously housed the business.