Tag: Superior Court of Justice
Children’s Aid worker testifies as babysitter’s manslaughter trial resumes
Meggin Van Hoof’s manslaughter trial returned to a London courtroom Wednesday and there appears to be no end in sight. After a two-month hiatus, the Superior Court of Justice trial of the former Strathroy babysitter, slated to last four weeks when it began in September, entered its 34th day with testimony from a Children’s Aid […]
Longtime criminal who chased friend with knife is high risk to reoffend, court hears
A life with “a significant history of chaos” is how a forensic psychiatrist described Jeremiah Andre Reed at his sentencing hearing, which could end in a dangerous offender designation and an indeterminate sentence for his knife attack on a friend six years ago. Superior Court Justice Thomas Heeney was told Friday Reed’s attack on Grant […]
Court sentences London woman for stabbing strangers, bear-spraying cop
Justice Clayton Conlan said the offender’s unprovoked attacks were “fueled by some kind of psychotic breakdown, likely due to the abuse of narcotics.”
Ford among premiers seeking more say in federal judge appointments
Ontario premier joins Alberta, Saskatchewan and Quebec in bid for more clout in judicial appointment process.
Province commits to Walkerton courthouse renos, Brockton mayor says
Brockton Mayor Chris Peabody said Ontario Attorney General Doug Downey is promising to spend $5 million on Walkerton courthouse renovations. Peabody said the news was shared with him and other Bruce County officials at a joint meeting arranged with both Downey and Solicitor General Michael Kerzner at the Rural Ontario Municipal Association conference in January. […]