Confinement Case

• John Leonard MacKean, convicted in teen confinement case, dies in jail

  One of the men convicted in the case of a Nova Scotia teenage boy who was held captive and sexually assaulted has died in prison.

  Aug 14, 2014
  
• Man convicted in teen confinement case sentenced to 2 years in jail

  A 65-year-old man was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy who testified he was blindfolded and chained to a bed during the ordeal at a remote cabin in Nova Scotia.

  Crime

  Jun 24, 2014
  
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• John Leonard MacKean found guilty on all charges in teen confinement case

  John Leonard MacKean has been found guilty on all charges in the case of a blindfolded teen boy who said he was held against his will in a Nova Scotia cabin.

  Crime

  Mar 21, 2014
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• Jury begins deliberations in teen confinement case trial

  A jury has begun deliberations in the case of a Halifax man accused of sexually assaulting a blindfolded 16-year-old boy at a cabin.

  Crime

  Mar 21, 2014
• Accused testifies in own defence at teen confinement case trial

  A Halifax man accused of sexual assault testified in his own defence today, telling the court the alleged teen victim didn't seem upset and wasn't chained.

  Crime

  Mar 20, 2014
• Man accused in teen confinement case says he thought boy was older

  A Halifax man accused of sexually assaulting a teenage boy while the alleged victim was confined in a cabin told police he was told the youth was not a minor.

  Crime

  Mar 19, 2014
• Teen boy says he was blindfolded, chained to bed, sex assault trial hears

  A teenager testified Tuesday that he was blindfolded and his hands and feet were chained to a bed when he was sexually assaulted by a man at a remote cabin in rural Nova Scotia.

  Crime

  Mar 18, 2014