Jane Sims

London

Reporter at The London Free Press in London, Ontario, Canada, covering courts, crime and justice issues. Columnist during the pandemic.

Featured in: Favicon

lfpress.com Favicon

nationalpost.com Favicon

torontosun.com Favicon

calgaryherald.com Favicon

vancouversun.com Favicon

ottawacitizen.com Favicon

edmontonjournal.com Favicon

canoe.com

canada.com Favicon

windsorstar.com + 100 more

Articles

Jurors at Hockey Canada trial cautioned about accuser's sex abuse lawsuit settlement

1 week ago | thesudburystar.com | Jane Sims |Dale Carruthers

Hockey Canada 'expressly denied liability' on behalf of itself and eight unnamed junior hockey players in the settlement, but that is not 'proof of wrongdoing,' jurors were toldPublished May 08, 2025 • Last updated 3 hours ago • 8 minute readClockwise from top left: Hockey players Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube and Cal Foote enter the London courthouse on April 22, 2025.
Jury deliberations begin in trial of woman accused of killing drug dealer

1 week ago | lfpress.com | Jane Sims

The jury at the trial of a London woman charged with first-degree murder in the beating death of a drug dealer has begun its deliberations. Ashley Bourget, 41, has been on trial since early last month in the death of Grant Norton, 59, whose body was discovered in a white plastic barrel dumped near the Thames River on July 19, 2020.
Woman thinks of herself as 'a monster' for fatally shooting boyfriend

1 week ago | lfpress.com | Jane Sims

Cheyanne Metatawabin said she fears she is “a monster.” “Every day, I think of myself as a monster because I know what it’s like to have your precious baby taken away. I’m sorry that that day had happened,” she said to the family of Levi Jordan Brown, who was her boyfriend at the time of his death on March 19, 2023. They hadn’t known each other long but she said they “really cared about each other” and she had promised him she wouldn’t hurt him. She ended up firing the gun that killed him.
Hockey Canada trial: First NHL player testifies, says he doesn't remember much

2 weeks ago | nationalpost.com | Jane Sims

Article contentBy: Jane SimsSign In or Create an AccountArticle contentArticle contentLONDON, ONT. — She was dressed just in a towel pulled up and smiling at the camera on Canadian hockey player Michael McLeod’s cellphone. Article contentIt was 4:26 a.m. inside a room at the Delta Armouries hotel in downtown London on June 19, 2018. Article content“It was all consensual.
Hockey Canada trial: First NHL player testifies, says he doesn't remember much

2 weeks ago | chathamdailynews.ca | Jane Sims

Published May 01, 2025 • 5 minute readMichael McLeod, left, and, top to bottom, Cal Foote, Dillon Dube, Carter Hart and Alex Formenton enter the London courthouse on April 22, 2025. (Derek Ruttan/The London Free Press)Article contentBy: Jane SimsAdvertisement 2This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article contentArticle contentRecommended VideosWe apologize, but this video has failed to load.
Hockey Canada trial: Jury sees video of woman calling sex 'all consensual'

2 weeks ago | lfpress.com | Jane Sims

She was dressed just in a towel and smiling at the camera on Canadian hockey star Michael McLeod’s cellphone. It was 4:26 a.m. inside a room at the Delta Armouries hotel in downtown London in June 2018. “It was all consensual. Are you recording me?” she asked in the video, played Wednesday for jurors at the sexual assault trial of McLeod and four teammates from Canada’s 2018 gold-winning world junior hockey team, who were in London for a Hockey Canada gala. “You are so paranoid,” she said.
Hockey Canada trial: Jury sees video of woman calling sex 'all consensual'

2 weeks ago | thesudburystar.com | Jane Sims

Author of the article: Jane Sims Published Apr 30, 2025 • Last updated 5 minutes ago • 5 minute readMichael McLeod, left, and, top to bottom, Cal Foote, Dillon Dube, Carter Hart and Alex Formenton enter the London courthouse on Day 1 of their trial on charges of sexual assault. Photos taken on April 22, 2025. (Derek Ruttan/The London Free Press)Article contentShe was dressed just in a towel pulled up and smiling at the camera on Canadian hockey player Michael McLeod’s cellphone.
Heat, technical glitches disrupt London high-profile hockey player trial

2 weeks ago | lfpress.com | Jane Sims

The judge knows it. The jury knows it. So do the hockey players in their suits, the lawyers in their gowns and the court staff in their required uniforms. “You may have noticed, it’s a little hot in here,” Superior Court Justice Maria Carroccia said Tuesday afternoon to the jury at the sexual assault trial of five members of the Team Canada world junior hockey squad that won gold in 2018. “All of us has noticed, too.” The heat has been on in courtroom 21 on the 14th floor of the London courthouse.
Jealous man pleads guilty to killing wife with axe in front of their kids

2 weeks ago | lfpress.com | Jane Sims

The victim’s screams could be heard in the background of the 911 call. On the phone was her teenage son who, along with his sister, had just seen their father striking their mother repeatedly with an axe in the basement of their north London home. The children were out of the house when London police got there within minutes. Officers called out that they were there as they entered the home.
Bush party killer to serve minimum 16 years for 'senseless' murder

2 weeks ago | lfpress.com | Jane Sims

When the judge spoke to them directly after sentencing their son’s killer to life, Josue Silva’s parents squeezed each other’s hands. “I acknowledge that no matter the sentence I impose in this case, which was life, nothing will ever compensate for the loss of your beloved son,” Superior Court Justice Patricia Moore said to Claudia and Ricardo Silva.