Justice Joshua Arnold

• Sentencing for Matthew Percy’s sexual assault trial adjourned until February

  Matthew Percy's sentencing is set to go forward on Feb. 22 and Feb. 23, 2021 — a year after the trial that found him guilty of sexual assault causing bodily harm

  Nov 26, 2020
  
• Nova Scotia’s highest court dismisses appeal of convicted murderer Nicholas Butcher

  Butcher was convicted in April 2018 after a jury found he stabbed Johnston to death on March 26, 2016.

  Crime

  Jun 25, 2020
  
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• Panel reserves decision in Nicholas Butcher’s murder conviction appeal

  Nicholas Butcher was found guilty in 2018 of the March 26, 2016 stabbing death of 32-year-old Kristin Johnston.

  Crime

  Feb 12, 2020
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• Christopher Garnier appealing ‘manifestly excessive’ sentence for strangling off-duty cop

  Christopher Garnier was convicted in December of second-degree murder and interfering with a dead body in the death of 36-year-old Catherine Campbell.

  Crime

  Sep 5, 2018
• Decision reveals N.S. judges divided on use of sexual history in Garnier case

  In her written decision, released publicly today, Judge Anne Derrick noted that the use of prior sexual conduct to establish consent has been discredited.

  Canada

  Dec 27, 2017
• Christopher Garnier’s fate now in the hands of jury hearing his second-degree murder trial

  7 women and 5 men will decide if Christopher Garnier is guilty of second-degree murder in death of Catherine Campbell.

  Canada

  Dec 20, 2017
• Even with a guilty verdict, sex assault victim says system failed her

  With her attacker's sentencing behind her, R.P. says if she were to do it all over again, she would never pursue justice through the courts. 

  Crime

  Jun 28, 2017
• Harrietsfield resident calls for swift cleanup of contaminated site in Nova Scotia

  Marlene Brown is calling on the government to enforce longstanding clean-up orders for a contaminated site after a court challenge against the order was rejected.

  Environment

  Mar 13, 2017
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• Halifax election 2016: Shawn Cleary keeps District 9 seat after judicial recount

  A judicial recount of the District 9 municipal election result confirmed Shaw Cleary as the winner.

  Politics

  Oct 31, 2016