New Trial
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Justice Minister orders new trial for B.C. man convicted of double murder in 1983Tomas Yebes was convicted in 1983 for the deaths of his two adopted sons following a fire in his Surrey B.C. townhouse.CrimeNov 6, 2020
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Third trial ordered for New Zealand man found guilty of murdering Alberta wife in B.C.’s InteriorPeter Beckett was charged with murder in the drowning death of his wife, Laura Letts of Alberta, while vacationing near Revelstoke in August 2010.CrimeSep 29, 2020
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New trial ordered for Thomas ChanThe Appeal Court has set aside Thomas Chan's convictions of manslaughter and aggravated assault following the December 2015 death of his father and assault of his father's partner.CrimeJun 4, 2020
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New trial ordered in case involving allegations of bad faith and racism in coroner’s officeSaskatchewan's Court of Appeal will hear a new trial in a case where the original ruling saw a $5 million payout to a doctor who said he had a professional assessment done in bad faith.CanadaJan 10, 2020
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New trial ordered in 2012 Prince George murder after ‘confusing’ jury charge: Appeal CourtThe court erased first-degree murder convictions for Lyle Baker and Dustin Lindgren, and a second-degree conviction for Kevin Zaporoski in the death of 22-year-old Jordan Reno in June 2012.CrimeJun 8, 2019
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New trial for man who killed roommate over alleged relationship with teenToby Land appealed his second-degree murder conviction in the May 2009 killing of Dominic Doyon, arguing the judge was wrong to rule out the defence of provocation.CrimeJan 29, 2019
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No new trial for Sri Lankan man freed after unreasonable delayHe was the first murder suspect in Quebec to be set free and was deported in July 2017.CanadaFeb 9, 2018
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New trial ordered for sex worker who says she stabbed client in self-defenceThe woman had been convicted for stabbing Douglas Barrett in the back in his Sydney, N.S., home on Sept. 19, 2015.CanadaJan 17, 2018
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New trial ordered for Toronto man convicted of sex assault of York U studentAn Ontario judge inappropriately relied on "rape literature" to assess evidence in the case of a man found guilty last year of sexually assaulting a woman with whom he had a casual relationship, an appeal judge said Thursday in overturning the conviction.CrimeJul 20, 2017
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Toronto man appealing sexual assault conviction, claims judge was biasedAn appeal hearing is underway for Mustafa Ururyar, a Toronto man convicted in July 2016 of sexually assaulting a fellow York University student named Mandi Gray.CrimeMar 14, 2017
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