Edmonton Law Courts

• Jury grants early parole eligibility to Alberta man who murdered friend in 2004

  A man convicted of first-degree murder 20 years ago will be allowed to apply for parole two years early, an Edmonton jury who heard his faint-hope clause application decided.

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  Oct 16, 2025
  
• Alberta couple found guilty in death of senior who spent days caked in feces, urine

  June Briggs and Richard McElroy were convicted of failing to provide the necessaries of life and criminal negligence in the 2023 death of Briggs’s mother, Dianne Simmons.

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  Oct 10, 2025
  
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• Alberta man who murdered friend in 2004 seeks early release under faint-hope clause

  George Allen, now 73 years old, has been behind bars for two decades for killing and burying his friend and business associate, Garry McGrath, on his acreage east of Edmonton.

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  Sep 29, 2025
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• ‘That’s not manslaughter!’: Family of Edmonton girl slams reduced plea in her death

  It comes a day after Edmonton police made public a letter from the force to Alberta's Justice Ministry saying it was aware of the plea deal and urging the Crown to call it off.

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  Sep 10, 2025
• Edmonton man convicted of murder with scissors should be in hospital, not prison: lawyer

  David Moss was found guilty of second-degree murder for stabbing a girl to death with scissors, but has appealed his conviction on the grounds he belongs in a psychiatric hospital.

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  Jun 6, 2025
• Alberta judge grants bail for man convicted of 1987 murder after new trial ordered

  Roy Allan Sobotiak was granted bail on Friday, after being convicted in 1991 for the 1987 murder of Susan Kaminsky, but has maintained his innocence ever since.

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  May 23, 2025
• Edmonton man who killed 7-year-old girl won’t be eligible for parole for 15 years

  A justice decided Friday that the Edmonton man found guilty of second-degree murder in the 2020 death of a seven-year-old girl won't be eligible for parole for 15 years. 

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  Jun 21, 2024
• Family of slain Edmonton high school student express frustrations with courts

  In 2022, a high school student was swarmed, beaten and stabbed to death in Edmonton. Two years later, one of the seven young people accused in his death is standing trial.

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  Apr 5, 2024
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• Accused pleads guilty to 2nd-degree murder in fatal Edson robbery attempt

  Brent Michael Dumas, charged with first-degree murder in connection with the November 2021 shooting of a man in Edson, Alta., pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on Monday.

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  Oct 18, 2023
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• Victim impact statements read to man convicted in deadly Spruce Grove hit and run

  The loved ones of a man killed in a hit and run in Spruce Grove, Alta., two years ago read victim impact statements Tuesday at a sentencing hearing for the man who killed him.

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  Oct 3, 2023