Edmonton Courts

• 8.5-year manslaughter sentence in 2021 hit and run in south Edmonton’s Rutherford area

  Kevin Ewen, 30, was sentenced to 8.5 years in prison after he got into a fight and hit Bradley Coates with his car while leaving a house party in south Edmonton in March 2021.

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  Sep 28, 2023
  
• Alberta man charged with 2nd-degree murder of hunters said he feared for his family

  On Wednesday, Day 7, Anthony Bilodeau took the stand in his second-degree murder trial and told the court he had no intention of using the gun he brought to the scene.

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  May 25, 2022
  
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• Edmonton’s tennis community concerned over potential loss of courts to pickleball popularity

  A battle of sorts is heating up between tennis and pickleball players as the popularity of one explodes, the city could be converting existing tennis courts into pickleball courts.

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  Oct 7, 2021
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• Man convicted in Edmonton crowbar attack loses sentencing appeal

  In a written ruling released Wednesday, Alberta's highest court said the trial judge used a "sound approach" in determining the 3 1/2-year sentence for Jared Eliasson of Edmonton.

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  May 19, 2021
• South Edmonton medical clinic employee fined after admitting to health data breaches

  An office assistant was fined $4,000 for snooping into two people's health records while she worked at a medical clinic in Edmonton's Terwillegar area.

  Crime

  Oct 3, 2019
• Global News Investigates: Almost half of Edmonton criminal cases ultimately withdrawn

  The numbers reveal that cases where all the charges were withdrawn have been steadily rising since the 2015/2016 fiscal year.

  Crime

  Sep 30, 2019
• ‘Indulge my craziness for a bit’: Alberta father speaks at sentencing for sexually assaulting daughters

  An Alberta father made a lengthy, rambling speech in court Tuesday ahead of his sentencing for sexually assaulting his three daughters.

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  Sep 17, 2019
• Closing arguments in trial of Edmonton senior accused of killing son-in-law

  Sobbing could be heard in court on Friday as the defence lawyer for a senior accused of killing his son-in-law in 2016 delivered his closing remarks.

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  Jun 22, 2018
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• Eric Lestar sentenced to 4 years for drunk-driving crash that killed Joann Christou

  Eric Lestar was sentenced to four years and three months in prison, and banned from driving for five years, after he drove drunk and caused a crash that killed 50-year-old Joann Christou in north Edmonton last year.

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  Dec 11, 2017
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• Eric Lestar guilty in fiery north Edmonton crash that killed Joann Christou

  Eric Lestar, 21, pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing death in a collision last year which left Joann Christou, a 50-year-old mother and wife, dead in north Edmonton. 

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  Nov 24, 2017