Calgary Courts

• Accused serial rapist Richard Mantha fires defence lawyers

  Richard Mantha has fired his lawyers midway through a trial scheduled to last four weeks.

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  Jan 30
  
• No jail time for Calgary police officer who slammed handcuffed woman to floor

  A Calgary police officer who slammed a handcuffed woman to the ground face first will not be serving jail time.

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  Jul 25, 2023
  
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• Calgary athlete facing sentence for sexual assault appeals conviction

  Chad Bobrosky is a multiple-medal winner who represented Canada at the 2011 World Junior Championships.

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  Jun 13, 2023
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• Alberta Court of Appeal orders new trial for man acquitted of beating four-year-old

  The Alberta Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial for a man found not guilty of aggravated assault on his four-year-old stepdaughter, who suffered a life-altering head injury.

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  Nov 30, 2022
• ‘He’s not breathing’: Trial begins for Calgary man accused in infant’s death

  The trial for 32-year-old Anthony Karl Kurucz started this morning in the Court of King's Bench in Calgary.

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  Nov 7, 2022
• ‘Heinous offence’: Man who ran over wife to serve 16 years before parole eligibility

  Ronald Candaele was convicted of second-degree murder a year ago in the February 2020 killing of Melissa Rae Blommaert.

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  Aug 31, 2022
• ‘Causing pain’: Judge sentences former university swimming star for sexual assault

  A successful swimmer from Calgary who won four medals for Canada has been sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison for a sexual assault on a woman in 2018.

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  Jun 15, 2022
• Trial for 3 Calgary men charged with 1st-degree murder concludes

  Yahye Gabad, Tyrell Noskiye and Dwayne Turner were on trial for first-degree murder following the death of Karson Goodeagle, 33, in Calgary in 2020.

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  May 10, 2022
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• 3 Calgary men charged with 1st-degree murder plead not guilty

  Yahye Gabad, Tyrell Noskiye and Dwayne Turner are on trial for first-degree murder following the death of Karson Goodeagle, 33, in 2020.

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  May 2, 2022
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• ‘I’m sorry’: Calgary parents plead guilty to neglect of disabled adult son

  In an agreed statement of facts, court heard that the 29-year-old man with severe cerebral palsy, a seizure disorder and brain damage was mostly confined to his bedroom for years.

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  Jan 22, 2022