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The wife of a man accused of killing a Toronto police officer is testifying at his murder trial today. Aaida Shaikh is on the stand this morning at the trial of Umar Zameer. Zameer has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of Det. Const. Jeffrey Northrup. Northrup …
Read More »Ontario man guilty of manslaughter in death of long-time wife – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A man has been found guilty of manslaughter in the 2020 death of his wife of nearly 35 years, police say. John Sedo was charged with second-degree murder of his wife, Helen Sedo, in the summer of 2020. At the end of …
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 »Chris Bassitt, wife pledge to donate for each win
Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – Blue Jays starting pitcher Chris Bassitt and his wife Jessica want to have an impact on their new home in Toronto. The Bassitts pledged on Tuesday to donate US$10,000 every time the Blue Jays win when Chris pitches this season, …
Read More »Bell cuts off phone for 95-year-old Etobicoke senior and his wife
Mykola Latyshko takes a television news crew on a brief tour of his Etobicoke bungalow, pointing out landline telephones in the bedrooms and an office. Latyshko and his wife have five landline telephones in various rooms. Since the couple do not own cellular phones, the home phones represent the only …
Read More »Richmond Hill man sentenced to more than 9 years in jail for killing pregnant wife
Ahmad Abbas Rahman sat handcuffed in the prisoner’s box of a Newmarket, Ont., courtroom Wednesday afternoon with his head dropped low, a medical mask covering his face, listening to an Arabic interpreter as a judge sentenced him to nine years plus two and a half months in prison. Last month, …
Read More »Winnipeg man who says home care failed his dying wife plans to speak at Manitoba Legislature – Winnipeg
An empty bedroom now sits at the end of the hall where Eric de Schepper’s wife spent her final days. “Being in this room here is, is actually quite comfortable. It feels like there is still some essence of Katherine here,” de Schepper said Monday. Katherine Ellis died of pancreatic …
Read More »Husband who survived fatal Calgary shooting that left wife dead was on bail for organized crime offences
A Calgary man who remains in hospital after being shot alongside his wife who was fatally injured, was out on bail awaiting trial on organized crime charges alongside his brother and sister, according to court records obtained by CBC News. Nakita Baron, 31, and her husband, Talal Fouani, 46, were shot …
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