Tag: Superior Court of Justice
Man sentenced for manslaughter in Owen Sound hotel death
A man charged in the stabbing death of a young man at an Owen Sound hotel two years ago has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison. Mackenzie Paterek, 24, was sentenced to 88 months in prison for manslaughter in the death Kody Hunter, 22, on May 16, 2021 at the Quality Inn […]
‘He’ll pay for what he did’: Tristan Roby’s mom reacts to guilty verdict at hit-and-run trial
Abby Roby rushed to give her son the news as soon as she returned home from the London courthouse. “Guilty, baby, guilty,” she told Tristan, 22, Wednesday evening about the verdicts returned by the Superior Court jury that convicted Jesse Bleck, 29, of failing to remain at a crash and driving while prohibited. The verdicts, […]
‘I’d like to get out of here’: Outburst marks witness’s last day at hit-and-run trial
It was the longest string of words he uttered Wednesday morning. Jamal had spent the session repeating a monotone “yes” to most of defence lawyer’s Geoff Snow’s suggestions.
Audit ordered into South Bruce Peninsula mayor’s election finances
There will be an independent audit of South Bruce Peninsula Mayor Garry Michi’s election finances and a court prosecutor is to be hired to pursue what “appears” to be a breach of the Municipal Elections Act, the town’s compliance audit committee has ordered. The committee made those orders, detailed in the minutes of the committee, […]
Drunk driver gets four years in prison for crash that killed co-worker
A Kincardine-area man has been sentenced to four years in prison for his role in a fatal pickup truck rollover almost four years ago that killed a colleague and badly injured another.
Four years prison for impaired driver in fatal Southgate crash
A Huron-Kinloss man was sentenced to four years in prison for his role in a fatal pickup truck rollover almost four years ago in Southgate. John Franken, who was 25 at the time, was sentenced in the Superior Court of Justice in Owen Sound on June 9. He pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing death […]
Four years prison for impaired driver in fatal Southgate crash
A Huron-Kinloss man was sentenced to four years in prison for his role in a fatal pickup truck rollover almost four years ago in Southgate. John Franken, who was 25 at the time, was sentenced in the Superior Court of Justice in Owen Sound on June 9. He pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing death […]
Man pleads guilty to manslaughter in Owen Sound hotel death
A third person has pleaded guilty to charges related to the death of a young man at an Owen Sound hotel two years ago. Mackenzie Paterek, 23, of no fixed addressed when arrested, pleaded guilty over Zoom from jail Wednesday in the Superior Court of Justice to manslaughter in the death of Kody Hunter, 22, […]
Supreme Court tosses out conviction in London man’s shooting death
WINDSOR – A Windsor man who admitted killing a London man outside his home — and seriously wounding a second person — more than seven years ago is free after Canada’s highest court ruled the Crown took too long to bring the matter to trial. Dia ‘Eddin Hanan’s conviction for manslaughter was set aside by […]
‘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.