Delayed sentence upsetting for mom
The mother of a slain Calgary man expressed frustration yesterday as her son’s killer’s sentencing was delayed.
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Labelling suspects gang members before conviction is fear mongering: lawyers
Some Calgary lawyers say the police practice of calling someone a gang member even if that person has not been convicted of a gang-related offence is damaging to their clients. "The...
Read MoreDefence details off limits
Prosecutors can’t divulge to police details of defence Charter challenges before the officers testify, a Calgary judge has ruled. Provincial court Judge Heather Lamoureux said information in defence Charter notices, which...
Read MoreDeath of dealer after shot in face accidental, court hears
The shotgun slaying of a Calgary drug dealer was the result of a botched robbery during a territorial dispute, court heard today. [the accused] pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of...
Read MoreMurder suspect gets on wrong side of the lawyers
The suspect in a domestic slaying may find it hard getting a lawyer to take his case after losing another due to personal conflict, a judge said yesterday. Justice Beth Hughes...
Read MoreClosed door hearing in murder case
The Crown will conduct a closed-door hearing with a judge to see if it has to disclose new evidence to the defence on a Calgary murder case.Justice Suzanne Bensler yesterday...
Read MoreMom witnessed knife attack
Seeing a knife attack in a busy Boxing Week Chinook Centre parking lot landed a mother and daughter in the middle of a pepper-spray assault, court heard yesterday. [the witness] testified...
Read MoreCourt 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...
Read MoreBackyard 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...
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