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• ‘Mom was already on fire’: Chilling 911 call played during murder trial of Ontario man

  The 12-minute 911 call from June 17, 2022, was played in court on the opening day of the continuing first-degree murder trial of Norbert Budai in Toronto.

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  Sep 10
  
• Victim’s family renews appeal to find killers years after fatal Toronto mall shooting

  It has been seven years since a fatal shooting inside a North York shopping mall and still no arrests. The victim's mother is asking anyone who has information to come forward.

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  Aug 30
  
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• North York man on trial for murder of fiance’s toddler

  In the trial of Rodrigo Flores-Romero, the jury was shown video of 34-month-old Wynonna Noganosh walking with her brother and the accused prior to the alleged fatal assault.

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  Jun 7, 2023
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• Toronto man handed life sentence for horrific attack on vulnerable senior

  Damien Allred, 43, twisted his long braids, showing no emotion, as he sat in the prisoner's box listening to Superior Court Justice Suhail Akhtar read out his reasons for sentence.

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  Feb 15, 2023
• Toronto man pleads guilty to murdering 33-year-old girlfriend with a hammer

  Bronson Lake has pleased guilty to the second-degree murder of his Kim Gagne in July 2021, at the basement apartment the couple shared near Albion and Weston roads.

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  Nov 10, 2022
• Father killed in 2018 Coronation Park shooting ‘executed’ over gold chain: Crown

  In the first-degree murder trial of Andrew Douglas, the Crown told the jury that there was bad blood between shooting victim Michael Lewis and rapper Smoke Dawg, Douglas' brother. 

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  Oct 17, 2022
• Trial for couple accused in 2018 fatal shooting hears bullet hit wrong person

  Shamoi Palmer and Egypt Morgan sat two prisoner's boxes apart with plexiglass between them on the opening day of their first-degree murder trial.

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  Oct 7, 2022
• Toronto man sentenced for murdering 66-year-old in apartment building elevator

  Karl Hoyes was arrested in a downtown Toronto homeless shelter about six hours after the attack.

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  Oct 3, 2022
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• Woman killed in domestic murder left dead for 4 hours before her boyfriend called 911

  Le pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on June 7, 2022, two days after his trial by judge began. A preliminary hearing was held prior to the start of the trial.

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  Jun 29, 2022
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• Son convicted of father’s murder given life sentence, psychiatric assessment ordered

  Justice John McMahon called the fatal stabbing of Kent Truman on April 15, 2019 'a tragic and extremely brutal killing.'

  Crime

  May 25, 2022