First Degree Murder

• Doctor of man charged with mom’s murder testifies about decision to wean him off drugs

  A family physician who treated Colin Hatcher testified he had agreed with the man's request to wean himself of an anti-psychotic medication.

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  Jan 26
  
• ‘I was scared’: Ex-girlfriend of man on trial for mother’s murder testifies

  Just six weeks before Kathleen Hatcher was fatally stabbed by her son, Colin, the former girlfriend learned that Colin had told his mother he planned to kill her.

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  Jan 22
  
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• Trial for man charged with mother’s murder hears about ‘pact’ he had to kill parents

  Kathleen Hatcher, 69, was found lying face down in a wooded area of King's Mill Park, near Old Mill Road. and Bloor Street on Feb. 26, 2021. She had been stabbed to death.

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  Jan 21
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• ‘Not a whodunnit’: Murder trial begins for man charged with stabbing mother in 2021 at King’s Mill Park

  Testimony was heard in the first-degree murder trial of a man who is accused of killing his mother. The man has pleaded not guilty.

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  Jan 19
• Parole documents shed light on suspect charged with murder of U of T student

  The man charged with fatally shooting 20-year-old University of Toronto Scarborough student Shivank Avasthi has an extensive history of crime, parole documents show.

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  Jan 8
• ‘You haven’t changed one whit’: Crown argues Nicola Puddicombe not ready for early parole

  Nicola Puddicombe says she's changed despite the fact she's now romantically involved with a woman serving a life sentence for second-degree murder.

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  Dec 1, 2025
• ‘I coerced a young girl’: Toronto woman serving life admits role in 2006 axe murder

  Nicola Puddicombe, serving life for first-degree murder, admitted at her faint-hope hearing that she plotted with her girlfriend to kill Dennis Hoy.`

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  Nov 27, 2025
• Sentencing hearing held for young woman who murdered Toronto rapper

  The family of rapper Jai Parker-Ford read out their victim impact statements during a sentencing hearing for Brianna Warner, who was found guilty last month.

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  Nov 12, 2025
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• Murder trial begins for man accused of 2022 shooting outside Scotiabank Arena, seeks NCR defence

  Nirusan Shakespearethas admits that on July 16, 2022, he shot 24-year-old Stephen Little-McClacken in the corner of the courtyard on Bremner Boulevard at York Street.

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  Nov 5, 2025
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• Psychiatrist testifies Toronto man who shot 2 strangers was psychotic but knew it was wrong

  A forensic psychiatrist who assessed a Toronto man on trial for two counts of first-degree murder says he does not qualify for a defence of not criminally responsible.

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  Oct 30, 2025