Victim Impact Statements

• Victims confront killer who upended their lives in North Vancouver library stabbing

  In May, Yannick Bandaogo pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, five charges of attempted murder and one charge of aggravated assault in connection with the incident.

  Crime

  Jul 5, 2023
  
• William Sandeson gets life in prison, eligible for parole in 2030 for Taylor Samson killing

  William Sandeson will be eligible for parole in 2030, a Nova Scotia judge has decided. Sandeson is convicted of second-degree murder in the 2015 killing of Taylor Samson.

  Crime

  Apr 20, 2023
  
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• Toronto van attack victims, family ready themselves for sentencing hearing

  Eleven people died and 15 others were injured after a man in a rental van went on a rampage along Toronto's busy Yonge Street on April 23, 2018.

  Canada

  Jun 12, 2022
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• Drunk driver Marco Muzzo parole decision details ‘devastating impact’ on victims

  'Your insistence on returning to live in the community where the victims are memorialised and the surviving victims regularly frequent, is concerning,' the parole board wrote.

  Crime

  Feb 24, 2021
• Judge denies request to revoke guilty plea in dangerous driving case that killed Alberta woman

  Todd Lambert, 51, admitted to being behind the wheel of a car that slammed into the back of Natalie Anne Hawkins' SUV at a speed of more than 200 kilometres an hour.

  Crime

  Jan 24, 2020
• Victim impact statements delayed again for former Anglican priest’s sex abuse case

  David Norton was expected to hear from his victims in January, until proceedings were pushed back to Feb. 19.

  Crime

  Feb 19, 2019
• Cloutier: As Humboldt Broncos crash victims’ families speak to tragic loss, I re-live my own

  Richard Cloutier, co-host of the News on 680 CJOB, is in Melfort Sask., covering the Humboldt bus crash sentencing hearing for Global News Radio.

  Jan 28, 2019
• ‘Everybody’s going to feel it’: Broncos families prepare for sentencing hearing

  The facts have yet to be submitted in court, but a lawsuit filed by the family of another player killed in the crash alleges any training Sidhu had was inadequate.

  Canada

  Jan 27, 2019
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• ‘It’s the hardest thing to write’: Oshawa woman helps victims of crime find their voices

  Victims' rights advocate Lisa Freeman is using her personal experience to help guide others in writing victim impact statements.

  Canada

  Nov 1, 2018
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• A fist fight turned fatal: Blair French sentenced to time served for manslaughter

  A moment of mercy was shown by the victim's sister who said something the defence counsel felt significantly changed the sentence.

  Crime

  Apr 19, 2018