John Sopinka Courthouse

• Peter Khill sentenced to 8 years for fatal shooting of Six Nations man

  Peter Khill was convicted of fatally shooting Six Nations man Jonathan Styres in an alleged 2016 car theft outside a Hamilton-area home.

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  Jun 6, 2023
  
• Peter Khill appears for sentencing following conviction in fatal 2016 Hamilton-area shooting

  A Superior Court judge heard several in-person impact statements on Wednesday during the first part of Peter Khill's sentencing at the Sopinka Court.

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  Apr 12, 2023
  
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• Off-duty Niagara Regional Police officer facing firearm charges

  Police say a const. is facing charges tied to a September 2022 off-duty occurence in Niagara Region. Hamilton Police Service has assumed carriage of an investigation.

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  Mar 6, 2023
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• Hamilton man found guilty of manslaughter in 2016 death of Indigenous man

  A jury has found Peter Khill guilty of manslaughter in the death of Jonathan Styres, a Six Nations man who was fatally shot by Khill in his Binbrook driveway in February 2016.

  Crime

  Dec 16, 2022
• Preliminary hearing for teen accused of killing Devan Selvey to start this fall

  The preliminary hearing for a 14-year-old boy charged with first-degree murder in the death of a Hamilton teenager will now begin in November instead of next January.

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  Mar 4, 2020
• Preliminary hearing set for January 2021 for 14-year-old charged in Devan William Selvey death

  The preliminary hearing in the first-degree murder trial for a 14-year-old boy charged in the stabbing death of Devan William Selvey won't begin until January 2021.

  Crime

  Feb 5, 2020
• Man facing 2nd-degree murder charge after police respond to disturbance call in St. Catharines

  Homicide investigators say the incident happened in the area of Plymouth and Elmwood avenues.

  Crime

  Jun 29, 2019
• Disturbance at Hamilton courthouse leads to arrest

  Hamilton police were called to the John Sopinka Courthouse on Main Street around 1 p.m. Thursday for reports of a disorderly man.

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  Mar 29, 2019
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• Hamilton traffic stop results in fraud charges

  A 43-year-old Scarborough man faces 62 charges after routine traffic stop by Hamilton Police.

  Crime

  Jun 26, 2018
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• Unknown substance sends 3 courthouse officers to hospital

  For a second day in a row, Hamilton's HazMat team has been called to investigate a substance.

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  May 2, 2018