Tag: Thames River
Accused was ‘a dupe’ in killing of drug dealer: Defence lawyer
The woman on trial for the first-degree murder of a drug dealer whose body was found in a barrel near the Thames River was used as a “dupe” for the actual perpetrators of the crime, defence counsel said Wednesday. Defence counsel for Ashley Bourget, who pleaded not guilty in the death of Grant Norton, a […]
Probe ongoing after body pulled from Thames River near downtown
A body was pulled from the Thames River in the area of Horton Street at Ridout Street on Saturday morning, police said. The London Fire Department was called to Thames Park just after 6 a.m. following reports of an individual in the water just south of downtown, police said. The body was removed from the […]
Long-shut Springbank Dam is still costing London taxpayers money
Even in death, the Springbank Dam still is giving city hall a headache.
Accused denies killing drug dealer, ‘bragging’ about it
Ashley Bourget admitted she didn’t like Grant Norton. “It doesn’t mean I killed him,” she said during her third day in the witness box at her first-degree murder trial. Bourget, 41, who has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of the 59-year-old drug dealer, began her testimony on Tuesday and started to […]
Accused testifies she ‘felt betrayed’ to be left with drug dealer’s body
Ashley Bourget says she went for a bike ride and bought clothing at a thrift store after being ordered to leave her east London apartment where a bloodied, motionless Grant Norton was tied up on her couch. Bourget returned to her Adelaide Street home hours later to find Norton dead on the couch and the […]