Sentencing

• 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.

  Crime

  Nov 20
  
• 3 years behind bars for driver who killed 2 UBC students in 2021 campus crash

  Tim Goerner pleaded guilty to two counts of dangerous driving causing death in October. Tuesday's sentence reflected a joint submission by Crown and defence lawyers on the case. 

  Crime

  Nov 7
  
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• Devlin Glasgow sentenced in connection with 2013 Matthew Sudds murder

  One of the men convicted in the 2013 murder of Matthew Sudds in Halifax has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 16 years. 

  Canada

  Nov 7
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• Crown, defence seek 3-year prison term for driver who killed UBC students

  The man behind the wheel in the fatal collision, 22-year-old Tim Goerner, pleaded guilty to two charges of dangerous driving causing death in October.

  Crime

  Nov 6
• No jail time for B.C. shoplifter busted days after release from $37K art theft

  Frances Boivin was sentenced to a year of probation after pleading guilty to four counts of theft under $5,000 for a string of thefts between March and September.

  Canada

  Oct 31
• Drunk driver in fatal Nanaimo crash gets 4.5-year prison sentence

  Colin Joseph Harold Hewitt, 51, pleaded guilty earlier this month to impaired and dangerous driving causing death in the May, 20, 2021 collision.

  Crime

  Oct 27
• Toronto woman avoids jail time after being convicted of dangerous driving causing death

  A Toronto woman avoids jail time after being convicted of dangerous driving causing death of a Sunnybrook lab technician.

  Crime

  Oct 20
• Powerful victim impact statements shared about death of St. Albert senior

  'He is not just fingernail clippings, blood stains or a body in a tote,' his daughter Stacey Worsfold said, breaking down in tears on the stand.

  Crime

  Sep 27
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• Impaired driver who injured Regina boy last year sentenced to 2 years in jail

  Charles Howard Raycraft, who pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing bodily harm to little boy, will be sentenced Tuesday in a Regina court.

  Canada

  Sep 19
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• Kelowna student assaulted by Mountie ‘disappointed’ with sentence

  A woman assaulted by a Kelowna Mountie during a wellness check over three years ago says the officer's sentence amounts to "a slap on the wrist."

  Aug 31