6 h. ago Accused says she was asked to lure drug dealer to her apartment

Ashley Bourget said she’s putting her safety and reputation at risk by taking the stand at her first-degree murder trial. “I’m afraid of retaliation from the mob,” she testified Tuesday as the defence began its case in the Superior Court jury trial now in its fifth week. “I’m also afraid of what people on the […]

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7 h. ago OPP officer was gunned down because accused couple wanted to avoid arrest: Crown closing remarks

'Randall McKenzie and Brandi Stewart-Sperry, together as a team and separately as individuals, had a problem. If the police came to the scene, they were going to get arrested'

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9 h. ago Murder suspect had hallucinations and fear months before attack, mother tells court

Michael Adenyi started having hallucinations in September 2021, his mother told court on Tuesday

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14 h. ago Closing submissions underway at trial of two people accused of killing OPP officer

Closing submissions are underway in the trial of two people accused of murder in the shooting death of a provincial police officer.

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16 h. ago Karen Read’s second murder trial revives debate over who killed her cop boyfriend

DEDHAM, Mass. — The second murder trial of Karen Read, whose case has sparked a national debate on police accountability and won her legions of devoted fans, will begin Tuesday with both sides laying out conflicting theories of how her Boston police officer boyfriend ended up dead. Read is accused of striking John O’Keefe with […]

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34 h. ago Judge permits ‘bushy eyebrow’ testimony in Idaho quadruple murder trial

Kohberger's defence team says it would be prejudicial to permit the 'bushy eyebrow' testimony, as it could cause a jury to believe he is guilty because of his brows.

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4 d. ago Judge to allow ‘bushy eyebrows’ testimony in Bryan Kohberger’s quadruple murder trial

BOISE, Idaho — A judge says a former roommate of four University of Idaho students who were killed in 2022 can testify about seeing an intruder with “bushy eyebrows” around the time of the crime. Defense attorneys for Bryan Kohberger had asked 4th District Judge Steven Hippler during a hearing earlier this month to bar […]

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5 d. ago Accused's violent poem entered as evidence at drug dealer murder trial

Ashley Bourget called her poem “Small Child” – but it contained a big, glaring comment that kept it out of a jailhouse poetry-writing competition. Instead, her creative writing from October 2023 while she was behind bars became evidence at her first-degree murder trial in the death of high-level drug dealer Grant Norton. “Now that I’m […]

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7 d. ago OFFICER DOWN TRIAL  “The emotions got the best of me.”  — OPP officer says he punched up cuffed cop killer out of fear and B/C he wouldn’t shut up 

“Emotions got the best of me,” Const. Ionut Mihuta testified at the first-degree murder trial of Alain Bellefeuille.

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1 week ago Gunshot residue found on suspect’s hoodie, murder trial in death of OPP officer hears

Ontario Provincial Police Const. Grzegorz Pierzchala was shot on Dec. 27, 2022, while responding to a vehicle in the ditch west of Hagersville, Ont., near Brantford.

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1 week ago Graphic video shown at murder trial for Toronto man accused of former actor’s death

Graphic video footage capturing the moment Gabriel del Castillo Mullally was fatally run over by a car was shown at the trial for the man accused of his murder on Thursday.

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1 week ago Ontario woman who arranged hit on parents will get new murder trial

The Supreme Court of Canada has confirmed an order for new first-degree murder trials for an Ontario woman and three others who were convicted in an attack on her parents.

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1 week ago VIDEO: Bodycam footage played at Bellefeuille trial shows last moments of OPP Sgt. Eric Mueller’s life

The haunting video was played last week at the first-degree murder trial of Alain Bellefeuille.

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1 week ago Fate of accused black widow Monica Sementilli in jury’s hands

The long, agonizing ordeal for the family of famed hairstylist Fabio Sementilli is grinding to its bitter conclusion. The jury in the first-degree murder and conspiracy trial for the accused black widow Monica Sementilli has been handed the case and began deliberations late Wednesday. They are expected to resume on Thursday morning. Toronto stylist Fabio […]

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1 week ago Car in ditch at scene of OPP officer’s death was stolen, murder trial hears

The trial of two people accused in the shooting death of an OPP officer has heard that the car in a ditch at the site of the alleged murder was stolen the previous day. 

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2 w. ago Idaho mom who killed 2 of her kids goes on trial over death of husband

PHOENIX — Lori Vallow Daybell, who was convicted of killing her two youngest children and conspiring to murder a romantic rival, is on trial again Monday. This time, she’s accused in Arizona of conspiring to murder her estranged husband. In opening statements the prosecution said that Vallow Daybell conspired with brother Alex Cox to kill […]

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2 w. ago Brother of man accused in OPP officer’s death says he saw suspects that day

The brother of a man accused of fatally shooting a provincial police officer more than two years ago testified Monday that he found the two accused killers inside a trailer on his property on the afternoon of the alleged murder. Richard McKenzie told the jury trial in Cayuga, Ont., that his trailer was locked when […]

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2 w. ago Ontario man accused of killing girlfriend pleads guilty to murder on eve of trial

A Toronto man accused of killing his on-and-off again girlfriend has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on the eve of his trial.

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2 w. ago Alberta justice minister seeks review after new trial ordered for man convicted of 1987 murder

In a court document filed last week on behalf of Justice Minister Mickey Amery, a lawyer said Arif Virani provided no reasons as to why a new trial is warranted.

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2 w. ago Closing submissions resume in trial of girl accused of killing Kenneth Lee

None of the other teens who violently swarmed a homeless Toronto man in 2022 appeared to make any motions consistent with stabbing during the attack, prosecutors argued Wednesday at the murder trial of a teen girl they allege inflicted the fatal wound. The swarming at a downtown Toronto parkette was captured on security footage, and […]

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