Toronto Court

• Court hears sentencing submissions for teen girl who pleaded guilty in deadly attack

  A sentencing hearing is scheduled Friday for a teen girl who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a deadly group attack on a homeless Toronto man.

  Crime

  May 2, 2025
  
• ‘A pervasive scourge on society’: Ontario man handed sentence for girlfriend’s murder

  A Toronto man has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 15 years after pleading guilty to the second-degree murder of his girlfriend.

  Crime

  Apr 30, 2025
  
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• Accused took the wheel ‘minutes’ before fatal Ontario boat crash, court hears

  A passenger onboard an ill-fated motorized pleasure craft said just minutes before a deadly crash in Toronto in 2022 the man accused in a current trial took the wheel.

  Crime

  Mar 21, 2025
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• Daughter of woman killed in Gardiner crash: ‘I don’t understand the recklessness of it’

  A 33-year-old Toronto man pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death of a woman and dangerous driving causing bodily harm to her husband in March.

  Crime

  May 7, 2024
• Peter Nygard retains new lawyer after previous counsel withdraws from case

  Criminal defence lawyer Megan Savard said in a hearing Tuesday that Nygard is in the process of retaining her.

  Crime

  Jan 30, 2024
• Man accused of killing North York woman not criminally responsible, judge finds

  A judge-alone trial has found the man accused of stabbing a woman in a North York apartment not criminally responsible after hearing evidence of schizophrenia and drug use.

  Crime

  Jan 19, 2024
• Toronto woman charged with murdering teenage daughter acquitted by judge at retrial

  After a previous conviction was overturned on appeal, an Ontario judge acquitted Cindy Ali more than a decade after the death of her daughter, who had cerebral palsy.

  Canada

  Jan 19, 2024
• Toronto convention centre to be backup location for jury selection

  Some prospective jurors will be summoned to a downtown Toronto convention centre as the province resumes jury selection following a six-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Canada

  Sep 16, 2020
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• Alleged Toronto feces thrower has bail hearing put over to Dec. 18

  Samuel Opoku, 23, was arrested Nov. 26, and is facing five counts of assault with a weapon and five counts of mischief interfering with property.

  Crime

  Dec 3, 2019
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• Computer issues may delay Toronto van attack murder trial for Alek Minassian

  Defence lawyer Boris Bytensky and the Crown attorney told the judge that the computer issues have jeopardized the start of the trial, which is scheduled to begin Feb. 10, 2020.

  Crime

  Nov 28, 2019