calgary defence blog

Victim’s mother infuriated

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Doctor says [the accused] sustained several defensive wounds

The circumstances surrounding the unlawful death of [a] Calgarian remain shrouded in mystery, a judge lamented yesterday. Queen’s Bench Justice John Rooke said he is unable to determine crucial facts upon...

A man who was stabbed and pepper sprayed in the parking lot outside Chinook Centre 18 months ago, was “not credible, not reliable and inconsistent in identification” of his alleged...

[the accused] was acting in self-defence when he was confronted by his friend, [the victim], in his bedroom at his Forest Lawn basement suite and killed him with a meat...