Toronto Court

• 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
  
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• 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
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• 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
• 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
• 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
• ‘It was horrifying’: Woman recounts alleged gang sexual assault at Toronto’s College Street Bar in court

  “I remember trying to get out but I just couldn’t. Because it felt like...it felt like my head and my body were not cooperating,” the woman said. “It feels like you are frozen. It was horrifying.”

  Oct 24, 2019
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• Security screening at Toronto police HQ justified, court rules

  "In today's world, places like police headquarters in Toronto are attractive targets for terrorists and other criminal extremists," Justice David Doherty wrote for the court. "The harm caused by those individuals can be catastrophic."

  Canada

  Sep 12, 2019
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• Mike Hoffman’s fiancee not planning to sue Erik Karlsson’s wife: lawyer

  The lawyer for the fiancee of former Ottawa Senators winger Mike Hoffman says she doesn't intend on suing the wife of the team's former captain Erik Karlsson over allegations of cyberbullying.

  Sports

  Sep 17, 2018