Court hears motorist watched stabbing
Woman thought young men just ‘fooling around’When [the witness] saw several young men run in front of her van in Chinook Centre’s southeast parking lot, spraying what she thought was...
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Backyard Opium Grower Avoids Jail
Growing poppy plants in his backyard has landed a Calgary man a one-year conditional sentence. [the accused] pleaded guilty yesterday to a single charge of cultivation of opium poppies for...
Read MoreWitness accounts differ in stabbing case
The identity of a man who viciously stabbed another man in a Chinook Centre parking lot 18 months ago was again clouded when a witness to the attack took the...
Read MoreCrown drops charge in fatal crash
Following a day in which defence lawyers poked holes in its medical expert’s evidence, the Crown won’t proceed with the most serious charge against two motorcyclists involved in a fatal...
Read MoreFive years for vicious killing
Victim’s mother infuriated
Read MoreFriend fled as near-fatal assault began
The friend of a man savagely pepper-sprayed and knifed in the Chinook Centre parking lot told court yesterday how he fled as the assault began. [the friend] said he was walking...
Read MoreIdentity not in doubt prosecutor says
IN COURT - Stabbing victim was able to identify his attackers outside Chinook Centre before his vision was drastically reduced by pepper spray they sprayed into his face, Crown prosecutor...
Read MorePolice lineup upset victim of stabbing
The victim of a vicious stabbing outside Chinook Centre 18 months ago became emotional and upset when he picked his attacker out of a photo lineup the following day, a...
Read MoreStabbing victim brought to tears
Lawyer challenges attacker’s identityAn emotionally drained stabbing victim left court in tears after defence lawyer David Chow drilled holes in his testimony regarding the identity of three men who viciously...
Read MoreTrio acquitted of stabbing
Calgary HeraldBy: Daryl Slade[the accused] had to endure a few more hours in custody after he, his brother and another man were acquitted on Friday of stabbing and pepper spraying...
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