First-degree Murder Trial

• 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
  
• ‘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
  
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• 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
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• 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.

  Canada

  Dec 5, 2023
• 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.

  Crime

  Jun 22, 2023
• 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.

  Canada

  Feb 13, 2023
• William Sandeson cross-examined about night Taylor Samson was killed

  A Crown prosecutor repeatedly suggested Wednesday that William Sandeson 'lured' Taylor Samson to his apartment on Aug. 15, 2015, with the intention of killing him.

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  Feb 8, 2023
• Murder trial: Lawyer grills William Sandeson on his ‘two very different sides’

  A Crown lawyer grilled William Sandeson during cross-examination about what she called his 'two very different sides' during his first-degree murder trial Tuesday.

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  Feb 7, 2023
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• William Sandeson claims he killed Taylor Samson in self-defence, dumped body in Bay of Fundy

  William Sandeson's lawyer says there is 'no dispute' her client shot and killed Taylor Samson in August 2015, but told the court on Monday it was done in self-defence.

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  Feb 6, 2023
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• Alberta man who admitted to murdering Hinton woman, toddler sentenced to life in prison

  Robert Major pleaded guilty in May to two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Mchale Busch, who was 24, and her son, Noah McConnell.

  Crime

  Nov 22, 2022