Tag: William McDonald
Appeal court orders second new murder trial for London man
Ontario’s highest court pointed to errors in the judge’s final instructions to the jury regarding the testimony of a reluctant witness.
Man convicted in 2012 fatal London shooting appears in court
William McDonald was back in a courtroom Wednesday for the early stages before his retrial for the shocking shooting death of a London man.
New trial ordered for pair convicted in 2012 fatal shooting in park
Thirteen years after Jonathan Zak was killed along a path behind a northeast London housing project, the men charged in his death are heading back to court for a retrial. The Ontario Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial for William McDonald, 34, and Thomas Lako, 34, both of whom were convicted after a […]
SIMS: The U.S. complains about our fentanyl. What about their handguns?
These are examples of cases that have become way too common in the local courts. A 31-year-old man was acquitted Wednesday in a London courtroom after a trial on a charge of pointing a handgun at another man during an argument along the Richmond Row bar strip, largely because the evidence from witnesses at the […]
‘Never again’: London gun-smuggling mastermind gets 14 years
Elias Ahki was sentenced to a total of 14 years in prison for masterminding an expansive gun-smuggling scheme.