Sentencing

• Sentencing hearing begins for man convicted in gruesome Okanagan double murder

  A B.C. Supreme Court room heard emotional victim impact statements from the brothers' family on Monday, as their killer continued to maintain his innocence.

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• Sentencing underway for ex-B.C. minor hockey player who hid camera in girls’ change room

  Garrit Charlie Ciardullo, 23, pleaded guilty to one count of secretly observing or recording for a sexual purpose in May. 

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• Kelowna man sentenced to 9 years in bludgeoning death of roommate

  The BC Prosecution Service said Lorence Williams, 43, was sentenced July 26 to nine and a half years in prison, minus four years and nine months for time already spent behind bars.

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  Aug 14
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• Woman tells court Nygard’s actions ‘tainted’ her life as sentencing hearing underway

  A sentencing hearing is expected to begin today in Toronto for former fashion mogul Peter Nygard, who was found guilty of four counts of sexual assault last fall.

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  Jul 24
• Repeat offender who killed Scottish pedestrian in Toronto hit-and-run gets 4.5 years in prison

  A 44-year-old repeat offender with 53 prior convictions has been sentenced to 4.5 years in prison after striking, killing a pedestrian in downtown Toronto in 2022.

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  Jun 26
• Lawyer says man involved in fatal B.C. hit-and-run shouldn’t spend time behind bars

  Marcel Genaille, 37, pleaded guilty last year to leaving the scene of an accident without stopping to offer assistance in the 2021 crash that left James "Mark" Peters dead.

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  May 15
• Crown seeks life sentence for Sask. Mountie who killed lover

  Prosecutor Jennifer Schmidt suggested to the judge on Thursday that Bernie Herman be given a life sentence, the defense suggesting four to six years behind bars.

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  Apr 25
• Winnipeg man who killed Saskatchewan Mountie sentenced to 18 years

  Alphonse Stanley Traverse, a man who ran over and killed RCMP officer Const. Shelby Patton in Saskatchewan, sentenced to 18 years.

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  Feb 29
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• Former junior hockey coach Bernie Lynch sentenced to 3 years in prison

  On Friday, Bernard (Bernie) Lynch was sentenced to three years in prison after being found guilty on one count of sexual assault and an addition count of assault.

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  Jan 19
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• Man sentenced to life for murder of his sister, a Toronto victim service worker

  John Di Pinto has been given a life sentence with a parole ineligibility period of 10 years after murdering his sister, Rose Di Pinto, in their father's Etobicoke home.

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  Nov 20, 2023