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A Winnipeg man who assaulted a Vancouver Crown prosecutor while she was walking to work earlier this year was sentenced to one year in jail for the attack and two others the same day – and thereafter will be forced to leave the province. Court heard Kenyon Thomas Lavallee, 27, …
Read More »‘A menace’: Man who pleaded guilty to fatal Gardiner Expressway crash gets 5-year sentence – Toronto
Two-and-a-half years after Kalyan Trivedi drove at dangerously high speeds, rear-ending a car with a couple inside, the 33-year-old has been sentenced to five years in prison and a 10-year driving prohibition. Trivedi pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the death of 58-year-old Norma Buendia and her husband, 61-year-old Roberto …
Read More »‘Cowardly option’: Family of woman killed in Toronto hit-and-run want lengthy sentence – Toronto
The family of the 29-year-old woman who was killed in a hit-and-run in Toronto two years ago is hoping the driver responsible receives a lengthier sentence. On Friday in an Ontario court room, the judge ruling over the sentencing of the driver who struck and killed Erin Yoxall, originally from …
Read More »‘It’s a life sentence’: Ontario Festive RIDE campaign targets rise in impaired driving
As Ontarians start gathering with loved ones for the holidays, police authorities are back with an annual plea. “If you drink, don’t drive. If you drive, don’t drink. It’s very simple,” said Sgt. Kerry Schmidt of OPP’s Highway Safety Division on Thursday. Simple, yet all too often ignored. The consequences …
Read More »Toronto man given life sentence for killing estranged wife with machete – Toronto
Four years after 27-year-old Tharshika Jeganathan was fatally attacked by her estranged husband with a machete as she was walking home from the bus in Scarborough, Sasikaran Thanapalasingam has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years. During a brief sentencing hearing Tuesday morning, …
Read More »Family outraged over 2-year sentence for man who killed Josh Pashe: ‘A slap in the face’ – Winnipeg
It’s a sentencing the family of Josh Pashe says won’t bring them any closure, almost two years after he was killed outside a Winnipeg convenience store. Pashe, 26, was shot and killed outside a store on Salter Street in September 2021 following an argument with a man police say he’d …
Read More »Woman serving life sentence for second degree murder escapes Winnipeg facility – Winnipeg
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 27, 2022 3:34 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Correctional Service of Canada says a woman serving a life sentence for second-degree murder escaped a minimum-security facility in Winnipeg by walking out the back door. The federal agency …
Read More »Najib Razak becomes 1st Malaysian leader to be imprisoned after losing corruption sentence appeal
Malaysia’s Najib Razak will become the country’s first former prime minister to be jailed, after losing his final appeal on Tuesday in a graft case linked to the looting of the 1MDB state fund. The top court unanimously upheld his conviction and 12-year prison sentence, meaning Najib will have to …
Read More »Russian prosecutors seek 9 1/2-year sentence for basketball star Brittney Griner
An emotional Brittney Griner apologized for her actions as her drug possession trial drew to a close Thursday in Russia, and a prosecutor urged that the American basketball star be convicted and sentenced to 9-½ years in prison in a case that reached the highest levels of U.S.-Russia diplomacy. With a …
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