Tag: Superior Court of Justice
Defence questions admissibility of evidence in fatal motorcycle crash
Grey County assistant Crown attorney Glenn Brotherston conceded on the opening day of the dangerous driving causing death trial of Justin Lozon that some evidence police gathered was not admissible in court. Brotherson agreed on Monday that a cellphone seized from Lozon by police and a statement police took from Lozon were not admissible. The […]
Witness saw ‘ball of fire’ in 2017 road death of local pastor
A trial began in Owen Sound Monday of man charged with dangerous driving causing death in the 2017 fatality of Rev. Chad Honneyman along Highway 6, north of Wiarton. Justin Lozon, 35, of Northern Bruce Peninsula, pleaded not guilt in the Superior Court of Justice to dangerous driving causing death and possession of crystal meth, […]
Judge reserves in Saugeen’s claim to beach at Sauble
Final arguments ended Thursday in a 32-year-old legal dispute over ownership of part of the beach at Sauble Beach, a tourist destination the local municipality wants to keep. Superior Court Justice Susan Vella reserved her decision and no return date was set. The Toronto hearing was broadcast on YouTube this week. Saugeen First Nation, which […]
This is justice? Fentanyl addicts, criminally charged but dying before trial
‘It’s crazy — I’m losing a lot of clients,’ one lawyer said.
Three-year sentence for criminal negligence in addict’s death
A woman was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to criminal negligence causing death for administering a drug to a woman she was trying to help break from her heroin addiction. Jessica Leigh Morrison, 45, pleaded guilty in the Superior Court of Justice in Owen Sound on Feb. 16 to administering ibogaine […]
Guilty pleas in fatal tractor incident; judge to sentence in March
A dispute over a farm wagon between former friends ended when one drove over the other with a tractor, killing him, a Walkerton court heard Wednesday. Ronald Oscar Seifried, 60, pleaded guilty in the Superior Court of Justice to dangerous driving causing death, and to the criminal offence of failing to remain and offer assistance, […]