Second Degree Murder

• Toronto man who killed his mother found guilty of 2nd-degree murder

  A Toronto man who admitted to killing his mother at a park has been found guilty of second-degree murder after a judge rejected his defence that he was not criminally responsible.

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  Apr 17
  
• Man faces second-degree murder charge in suspicious death of Toronto woman

  Toronto police have charged a 60-year-old man with second-degree murder in connection with the death of Xian Wei Shao, whose remains were discovered in a north end home last week.

  Crime

  Mar 21
  
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• Judge rejects NCR defence for Toronto man found guilty of stabbing husband in 2021

  A man has been found guilty of second-degree murder nearly five years after fatally stabbing his husband in their Scarborough apartment.

  Crime

  Mar 12
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• Jurors must decide on intent as deliberations begin in Desjarlais-Kelly murder trial

  Jurors deliberates whether a fatal shot fired out of self-defence or with the intent to kill during final arguments in Katlim Desjarlais-Kelly's second-degree murder trial.

  Canada

  Feb 13
• Closing submissions at trial for Toronto woman accused of murdering friend’s toddler

  Crown prosecutors and defence lawyers painted a very different picture at closing submissions of Shardanae Cousins-Emily's second-degree murder trial.

  Crime

  Feb 4
• Trial begins for woman charged with murder of friend’s toddler inside CAS building

  Shardanae Cousins-Emily is charged with second-degree murder in the death of a three-year-old boy. It's alleged she inflicted blunt force trauma on the child's head.

  Crime

  Jan 14
• Damian Hudson testified he fired in self-defence outside Leslieville safe injection site

  The 34-year-old, who is on trial for second-degree murder, has admitted he fired the shot that killed Caroline Huebner-Makurat, but has pleaded not guilty.

  Crime

  Dec 2, 2025
• New Brunswick teen who pleaded guilty to stabbing death sentenced to conditional supervision

  A New Brunswick teenager who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the stabbing death of a family member has been released under conditional supervision.

  Crime

  Dec 1, 2025
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• Safe injection site worker cross-examined at Damian Hudson murder trial

  A safe injection site worker faced questions about helping a drug dealer leave the scene after a stray bullet from a gunfight killed Caroline Huebner-Makurat.

  Crime

  Nov 26, 2025
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• ‘Get out of the City’: Safe injection site worker testifies at Damian Hudson murder trial

  Khalila Mohammed, a former community health worker who worked at a safe injection site for drug users in July 2023, testified Monday at the Damian Hudson murder trial.

  Crime

  Nov 24, 2025