Catherine McDonald

1 week ago | globalnews.ca | Catherine McDonald

It was a tearful and emotional day at the sentencing hearing Tuesday for the two men convicted of the senseless shooting of three childhood friends in Regent Park nearly four years ago, including 27-year-old Thane Murray, a youth worker who died. Noah Anderson and Junior Jahmal Harvey sat quietly as Murray's mother delivered her victim impact statement, crying as she spoke about the devastating effect the murder of her son has had. "What did my family do to deserve this? We are good people.

2 weeks ago | globalnews.ca | Catherine McDonald

Tara MacMunn walked out of the Superior Courthouse Thursday, surrounded by friends and family who tried to shield her from news cameras. Just minutes earlier, inside a fourth-floor courtroom, the 40-year-old Toronto woman pleaded guilty to an impaired driving charge causing death as the victim's family watched on. MacMunn has been out on bail since April 27, 2023, nine days after a chain-reaction crash which claimed the life of 64-year-old Hazela Baksh.

3 weeks ago | globalnews.ca | Catherine McDonald

A Toronto man who shot and killed an unarmed stranger has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 18 years. Superior Court Justice Maureen Forestell called the murder of John Wheeler "profoundly serious" give it was the result of the fact that 18-year-old Christopher Mitchell wanted to avoid potentially being apprehended by police for a break-and-enter. Last October, Mitchell pleaded guilty to second-degree murder admitting that on Aug.

3 weeks ago | globalnews.ca | Catherine McDonald

A Toronto mother who allegedly threw her four-year-old son off a 10th-floor balcony from a downtown condominium building three weeks ago has been denied bail. Sitting in a video booth at the Vanier Institute for Women, wearing a green prison sweatsuit, the woman, whose identity is covered by a publication ban to protect the identity of the child, put her head in her hands as Justice of the Peace Paul Yeung told the accused she would not be released.

3 weeks ago | globalnews.ca | Catherine McDonald

Three men on trial for the first-degree murder of 12-year-old Dante Andreatta, who was killed by a stray bullet while walking on Jane Street near Finch Avenue West on Nov. 7, 2020, have been found guilty. The jury also found Rashawn Chambers, Jahwayne Smart, and Cjay Hobbs guilty of five counts of attempted murder in relation to five occupants of a Honda Accord who were being shot at that day.