Kalen Schlatter Trial

• Kalen Schlatter handed life sentence with no parole for 25 years in Tess Richey’s murder

  A Toronto man who sexually assaulted and strangled a young woman to death hours after they met has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years.

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  Mar 25, 2020
  
• Kalen Schlatter found guilty by jury of killing Tess Richey

  The conviction carries an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years.

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  Mar 23, 2020
  
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• Jurors in Kalen Schlatter murder trial begin deliberations

  The jury deciding the fate of Kalen Schlatter will have to weigh more than a month of evidence presented by the Crown and defence.

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  Mar 20, 2020
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• Kalen Schlatter ‘stalked,’ ‘isolated’ Tess Richey before strangling her: Crown

  The Crown alleges Kalen Schlatter, 23, killed Tess Richey after she refused to have sex with him in the early hours of Nov. 25, 2017.

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  Mar 17, 2020
• Defence makes closing arguments in Kalen Schlatter trial as courts wind down operations

  Kalen Schlatter has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of Tess Richey, whose body was found in a downtown Toronto stairwell in November 2017.

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  Mar 16, 2020
• Prosecutors question credibility of Kalen Schlatter at Tess Richey murder trial

  Prosecutors are questioning the credibility of a Toronto man accused of sexually assaulting and strangling a young woman.

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  Mar 10, 2020
• Kalen Schlatter testifies he did not kill or sexually assault 22-year-old Tess Richey

  A Toronto man accused of sexually assaulting and strangling a young woman says she was alive when he left her following a consensual sexual encounter.

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  Mar 9, 2020
• Former cellmate says Kalen Schlatter confessed to strangling Tess Richey

  The informant, who can only be identified as E.S. due to a publication ban, says Schlatter confided in him when they shared a cell at a Toronto detention centre in 2018.

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  Mar 3, 2020
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• Defence raises questions about other man seen on the night Tess Richey disappeared

  Defence lawyers for Kalen Schlatter are raising questions about a man dressed in a hooded winter coat and light pink trucker hat who also appears in some security video.

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  Feb 21, 2020
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• Defence questions account of undercover Toronto officer in Kalen Schlatter murder trial

  Defence lawyer Lydia Riva is suggesting the officer, whose name is not being disclosed in court, may not have accurately remembered the conversation with her client.

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  Feb 7, 2020