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1 week ago | thespec.com | David LeaReporter |David Lea

WARNING: This article contains details some readers may find disturbing. The autopsy of a Burlington woman, whose husband is accused of murdering her, revealed she died from her neck being compressed. However, it also found she had a serious heart condition that could possibly have played a role. Members of the jury in the trial of Sandor Somogyi, 72, heard testimony from Chief Forensic Pathologist for Ontario Dr. Michael Pollanen in a Milton court on April 16.

2 weeks ago | thespec.com | David LeaReporter |David Lea

The night before her death, a Burlington woman reportedly said that she planned to call police if her husband didn’t leave her apartment. Margit Somogyi’s daughter, Beata Pegoretti, testified about the last conversation she had with her mother as the trial of her father, Sandor Somogyi, 72, entered its third day in a Milton court on April 10. Sandor is accused of murdering his wife, Margit, in her 695 Regency Court apartment on Jan. 13, 2023.

2 weeks ago | thespec.com | David LeaReporter |David Lea

A Burlington man accused of the 2023 murder of his wife allegedly admitted causing her death to a Halton police officer during questioning. Members of the jury heard this and many other shocking details as the trial of Sandor Somogyi, 72, got underway on April 8. Somogyi faces a charge of second degree murder in connection with the death of his wife, Margit, at her Regency Court apartment in Burlington on Jan. 13, 2023.

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Justin Zielke, 46, who also recorded disturbing videos of female students at the school he taught at, acknowledged that he “inflicted a tremendous amount of hurt on a huge number of people” and that there was no justification for this. Having been sexually assaulted as a child, he said, he should have known the impact he was having on the children he victimized.

2 months ago | thespec.com | David LeaReporter |David Lea

Oakville council has given the province-led plan to build 11 tall towers in the Midtown area a thumbs down. Councillors voted unanimously during a Jan. 27 meeting not to endorse or approve plans for a transit-oriented community (TOC) within a 4.9-hectare area of Midtown.