Catherine McDonald
Crime Reporter, Global Toronto at Global News
Global News Toronto Crime Reporter
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2 weeks ago |
globalnews.ca | Catherine McDonald
Graphic video footage capturing the moment Gabriel del Castillo Mullally was fatally run over by a car two years ago was shown at the trial for the man accused of his murder on Thursday. On Monday, at the opening day of Ryan Andrews’ first-degree murder trial, defence lawyer Zaire Puil told the jury Andrews admits full responsibility for del Castillo Mullally’s death. However, Puil said Andrews never intended to kill the 25-year-old former child actor. “You saw him plead guilty to manslaughter.
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2 weeks ago |
globalnews.ca | Catherine McDonald
A judge has ruled that a Mississauga, Ont., man accused in a fatal boat crash on Lake Ontario can only be found guilty if the Crown has proven beyond a reasonable doubt that he was driving the boat at the time. Superior Court Justice P. Tamara Sugunasiri made her ruling in advance of closing arguments heard on Wednesday at the judge-alone trial for Filip Grkovski, charged with impaired operation and criminal negligence causing death and bodily harm.
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2 weeks ago |
globalnews.ca | Catherine McDonald
A Toronto man who strangled his mother to death while he was out on bail and living with her as a condition of his release has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 10 years. Michael Rawlins, 29, pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of his mother, Joy Barnwell, on Monday. The 70-year-old was the founding member of Immigrant Women in Business and was passionate about helping underserved women, including those who have gone through domestic violence.
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3 weeks ago |
globalnews.ca | Catherine McDonald
A Chinese national who admitted to carrying out an unprovoked stabbing attack on a TTC subway car in December 2022 was seeking revenge on Canadians because a Canadian doctor blinded him. The chilling confession was read in a downtown Toronto courthouse Friday out as part of an agreed statement of facts (ASF) at the sentencing hearing for 55-year-old Neng Jia Jin.
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3 weeks ago |
globalnews.ca | Catherine McDonald
A Toronto man accused of killing his on-and-off-again girlfriend has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on the eve of his trial. Kadeem Nedrick, who was about to stand trial for the first-degree murder of 30-year-old Brittany Doff in January 2022, made the surprise guilty plea to the lesser charge in a downtown Toronto courtroom Thursday.
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The fate of Filip Grkovski is now in the hands of a Superior court judge. On Wednesday, Closing submissions were heard at the double fatal Lake Ontario boat crash trial. My story here https://t.co/Sr4S3esmFe
NEW Video shows before & after of massive crash involving 12 vehicles. The latest into the dangerous driving investigation on the Lakeshore Boulevard on Monday afternoon and what we’ve learned about the accused’s erratic driving prior to the collision https://t.co/gB5NEyvswh
Brother of man accused in OPP officer’s death says he saw the two suspects that day | https://t.co/ijCx6BiVFI https://t.co/mnDdS9SPGs