1 week ago ’I DID IT FOR THE VICTIMS’: Robert Pickton’s killer tells court during guilty plea

MONTREAL — An inmate who has pleaded guilty to murdering Robert Pickton in prison last year says he did it for the serial killer’s victims. Martin Charest admitted today to fatally assaulting Pickton with a broken broom handle at the Port-Cartier federal penitentiary in May 2024. Charest pleaded guilty to first-degree murder during a court […]

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1 week ago Federal inmate expected to plead guilty to killing serial killer Robert Pickton

Charest's lawyer confirms her client will plead guilty to the charge at a court appearance in Sept-Îles, northeast of Quebec City.

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2 w. ago MANDEL: ‘Like watching a bad accident in slow motion,’ says grieving family of justice system

This is not justice for a grieving family. Craig MacDonald’s relatives burst into tears as his killer was sentenced to just nine years in prison — and with credit for pre-sentence custody, Abilaziz Mohamed has only 3.9 years left to serve. “This is exactly why Toronto is the way it is right now, it’s exactly […]

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2 w. ago British aristocrat and her boyfriend sentenced to 14 years in prison for killing their newborn

LONDON — A British aristocrat and her boyfriend were sentenced to 14 years in prison on Monday for killing their newborn daughter while on the run from authorities. Constance Marten, 38, and her boyfriend Mark Gordon, 51, a convicted sex offender, were sentenced Monday after being found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter at London’s Central […]

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3 w. ago MANDEL: Another chance at freedom for woman who ordered teen rival’s murder

Sentenced to life as a teen after convincing her boyfriend to kill a rival, her parole was yanked in 2019 for hiding a secret love triangle

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3 w. ago Australian judge to hand down sentence for ‘mushroom murderer’

SYDNEY — An Australian judge will rule on Monday whether convicted killer Erin Patterson spends the rest of her life in prison for murdering three people with toxic mushrooms, capping a trial that sparked a media frenzy. Patterson, 50, was convicted in July of triple murder for serving a poisonous meal to her estranged husband’s […]

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