9 h. ago Evidence closed at Quebec truck attack trial, jury to hear final arguments next week

Forty-year-old Steeve Gagnon has pleaded not guilty to five charges including three counts of first-degree murder.

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12 h. ago Kilmar Abrego Garcia pleads not guilty to human smuggling charges

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garci pleaded not guilty to human smuggling charges during an arraignment in federal court in Tennessee on Friday. Abrego Garcia is a citizen of El Salvador who had been living legally in the United States before he was wrongfully deported in March. His case has become a rallying point […]

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29 h. ago Unlicensed drunk driver who caused Toronto fatal collision in 2023 pleads guilty

Inside a fourth-floor courtroom on Thursday, a 40-year-old Toronto woman pleaded guilty to an impaired driving causing death charge as the victim's family watched on.

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29 h. ago MANDEL: Unlicenced speeding driver with almost triple the legal limit pleads guilty in fatal crash

It was a triple header of selfishness and stupidity: Tara MacMunn was unlicensed, drunk and speeding when she slammed into Hazela Baksh’s car on Albion Rd. in a fatal crash that should never have happened. Except that MacMunn, 38 at the time, was driving with almost triple the legal amount of alcohol in her system […]

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50 h. ago Former pastor sentenced to 3 1/2 years for arson to Ukrainian priest's Victoria home

Walter (Theo) Machinski of Nanaimo had pleaded guilty to one count of arson with disregard for human life in setting the fire at the Caledonia Avenue home in 2022

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51 h. ago Nanaimo man handed 3.5 years in prison for arson at Ukrainian priest’s Victoria home

Walter 'Theo' Machinski pleaded guilty to one count of arson with disregard for human life for setting the fire at the St. Nicholas Ukrainian Church.

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56 h. ago B.C. man’s ‘relatively modest’ child porn collection doesn’t merit jail time, judge rules

Mark Keenan pleaded guilty but says six images were part of a solo ‘sting operation’ to catch pedophiles

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56 h. ago Child pornography collection was ‘relatively modest’ so no jail, judge rules

WARNING: Graphic details A British Columbia man scored the break of a lifetime on child pornography charges after a judge deemed his collection of filth “relatively modest.” Mark Keenan, 54, was convicted on child pornography charges but will be allowed to serve his sentence in the community. He pleaded guilty to possessing and distributing child […]

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4 d. ago Doula defrauder gets prison for breaching probation: 'Egregious'

The now infamous doula-duper, Kaitlyn Braun, 26, was given the sentence she asked for after pleading guilty four months ago: she’ll serve the rest of a conditional sentence in jail and then be sent to prison for a three-year term. “The waiting has been difficult,” said Braun’s lawyer Alison MacDonald. “She just wants to be […]

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4 d. ago CRIME SCENE: Toronto woman charged with murder in stabbing of man

A 44-year-old Toronto woman has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with a Feb. 21 fatal stabbing of a man. Toronto Police responded to a call for a stabbing at a residence in the Dovercourt Rod.-Geary Ave. area at 2:38 a.m. Cops said that when they arrived at the home, they found a man […]

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7 d. ago Accused in fatal shooting of London nurse expected to plead guilty

A scheduled homicide trial starting Monday of a man charged in the shooting death of Lynda Marques has taken an unexpected turn.

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7 d. ago Driver in deadly Boxing Day crash pleads guilty to dangerous driving

Nine-year-old Victoria Desjardins died after the vehicle she was in with her mom and sister was hit by a stolen van on Dec. 26, 2024.

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7 d. ago Porn site founder accused of sex trafficking pleads guilty in California

SAN DIEGO — The founder of a California-based porn empire that recruited women with false modeling offers pleaded guilty to sex trafficking charges in a federal court, authorities said. Michael James Pratt pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in San Diego, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. He faces a possible life sentence when […]

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7 d. ago Driver pleads guilty in horrific Boxing Day crash that killed nine

Duane Arlen John Nepoose pleaded guilty in Calgary Court of Justice to several charges, including dangerous driving causing death

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7 d. ago British TV expert who sold art to suspected Hezbollah financier sentenced to prison

LONDON — An art expert who appeared on the BBC’s Bargain Hunt show was sentenced Friday to two and a half years in prison for failing to report his sale of pricey works to a suspected financier of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group. At a previous hearing, Oghenochuko Ojiri, 53, had pleaded guilty to eight offenses […]

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7 d. ago A British TV art expert who sold works to a suspected Hezbollah financier is sentenced to prison

LONDON (AP) — An art expert who appeared on the BBC’s Bargain Hunt show was sentenced Friday to two and a half years in prison for failing to report his sale of pricey works to a suspected financier of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group. Oghenochuko Ojiri, 53, pleaded guilty to eight offenses under the Terrorism Act […]

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7 d. ago Supreme Court of Canada says B.C. babysitter must be acquitted in toddler’s death

Tammy Bouvette was charged with second-degree murder but pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of criminal negligence causing the bathtub drowning death of a 19-month-old girl she had been babysitting in 2011 in Cranbrook.

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7 d. ago Supreme Court of Canada says babysitter must be acquitted in toddler’s death

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says an acquittal is the appropriate outcome for a British Columbia woman whose conviction in the drowning death of a toddler was set aside two years ago. Tammy Bouvette was charged with second-degree murder but pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of criminal negligence causing the bathtub drowning […]

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7 d. ago What the handwritten diary of Luigi Mangione revealed in the court

The 27-year-old has pleaded not guilty in both cases. No trial dates have been set

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1 week ago Ottawa police constable demoted for 14 months over impaired driving conviction

Const. Serge Fortin had pleaded guilty to an impaired driving charge in February.

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