Tag: Superior Court of Justice
Court fight begins over $40M in assets seized in alleged sports gambling mega-ring
Ontario’s court battle to keep $40 million in assets seized from an alleged gambling ring began on Tuesday with debate about how roughly $270,000 ended up in a Mississauga man’s bedroom.
Southampton rectory, saved from demolition and now listed for sale
The former St. Paul’s Anglican Church rectory, which was in the middle of a four-year legal fight between Bruce County and heritage advocates who saved it from demolition, is now listed for sale by court order. The yellow bricked, two-story home at 254 High St. in Southampton, is listed for $749,900 by Royal LePage Exchange […]
Man charged in Sauble Beach fatal fire going to trial in October
A young man charged in the death of a 17-year-old girl in a 2020 Sauble Beach fire will be tried in October by a judge alone. Taran Hibma, 20, re-elected to judge alone from a jury trial during a brief appearance in the Superior Court of Justice, convened virtually on Zoom Wednesday. Hibma was 18 […]
Londoner’s seven-year court ordeal ends with house arrest for gun conviction
Seven years after being part of a group charged with drug and gun offences following a police sting operation, a London man pleaded guilty in Windsor this week to the last of those charges and was sentenced to house arrest. Justin James, now 40, was identified as the London-based “main drug supplier” to those targeted […]
Judge convicts man who had meth, fentanyl and flick knives
A man police caught with a baggie of fentanyl hidden in his underwear was convicted Wednesday after a trial in the Superior Court of Justice on drug and weapons offences. Shane Croke was 31, of Owen Sound, when arrested by West Grey Police Nov. 9, 2020 at a residence in Neustadt. He was remanded into […]
Creeper Hunter TV mastermind faces new charge of intimidating judicial official
Already in legal hot water for his online child predator vigilantism, convicted child pornographer Jason Nassr faces a new criminal charge: intimidating a judicial official.
Former Hanover priest’s appeal of sexual abuse convictions dismissed
A panel of three appeal court judges has dismissed a former Hanover priest’s appeal of his convictions for sexually abusing a child. Mervin Perera was 73 when he was convicted on Jan. 30, 2020 of sexual assault and touching a girl for a sexual purpose, after a five-day trial. He was sentenced March 31, 2021 […]
Woman gets three years for accessory after the fact to murder in Owen Sound
Megan Hopkins received a three-year prison sentence Wednesday in the Superior Court of Justice for being an accessory after the fact to murder in the death of Kody Hunter, who was attacked by others in an Owen Sound hotel room May 16, 2021. Hopkins, 29, pleaded guilty in December to accessory after the fact to […]
Man convicted on manslaughter, carfentanil trafficking charges
Tyler James Geiger was found guilty of manslaughter and trafficking in carfentanil after a trial in the Superior Court of Justice Feb. 6 in Walkerton. Geiger, 37, of Harriston, Ont. was charged after West Grey Police Service officers investigated a sudden death in Neustadt on April 19, 2019, a police news release said this week. […]
Crown seeks up to 3 ½ years jail for woman’s role after slaying
The Crown is seeking up to 3 1/2 years in prison for Megan Hopkins, who pleaded guilty in December to accessory after the fact to murder in the death of Kody Hunter, 22, at an Owen Sound hotel on May 16, 2021. Assistant Crown attorney Michelle Mckay argued Thursday for a three to 3 1/2 […]