First-degree Murder Trial

• Guns used in death of Toronto boy hit by stray bullet shown to jury at murder trial

  Two Glock 19 handguns which were used in the fatal shooting of 12-year-old Dante Andreatta were shown to a jury on Friday. He was killed by a stray bullet in Toronto.

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  Apr 25
  
• Rap song found in alleged Toronto shooter’s phone was ‘the truth’: Crown

  A Crown attorney is prosecuting two men for the first-degree murder of Regent Park youth worker Thane Murray.

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  Apr 23
  
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• Judge to decide if Ontario man criminally responsible for killing ex-neighbour

  Devret Clarke spoke about what prompted him to shoot Gars Kourjakian as he was getting out of his vehicle with his four-year-old daughter more than two years ago.

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  Feb 12
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• ‘He’d still be with me’: Joseph’s partner testifies on day 2 of Wildman trial

  Wildman is charged with first-degree murder in connection to Joseph's death. His jury trial is expected to run until Feb. 15.

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  Jan 14
• Ontario man accused of setting fire to his wife says her death was ‘very bad accident’

  The 41-year-old explained he only wanted to remove his wife's dyed hair which, in his mind, represented an adulterous relationship she was having.

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  Sep 11, 2024
• ‘Mom was already on fire’: Chilling 911 call played during murder trial of Ontario man

  The 12-minute 911 call from June 17, 2022, was played in court on the opening day of the continuing first-degree murder trial of Norbert Budai in Toronto.

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  Sep 10, 2024
• Self-defence or deliberate killing: Final arguments in trial of Saskatchewan Mountie

  Crown prosecutors say Bernie Herman deliberately lured his lover to an isolated area to kill him, but the officer's lawyer argues the shooting was in self-defence.

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  Dec 13, 2023
• Murder trial hears Saskatchewan Mountie sometimes shared bed with shooting victim

  The wife of Bernie Herman, a former Saskatchewan Mountie accused of murder, says he sometimes shared a bed with the man who was shot and killed.

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  Dec 5, 2023
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• Woman found guilty of 1st-degree murder in 2017 death of St. Albert senior

  The jury in the trial of a woman accused of killing a 75-year-old man from St. Albert, Alta., has found her guilty of first-degree murder in the senior's 2017 death.

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  Jun 22, 2023
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• Halifax drug dealer contradicts testimony of former medical student accused of murder

  The Crown and defence closed their cases today in the trial of a former Dalhousie University medical student accused of killing another student during a drug deal.

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  Feb 13, 2023