
Michele Mandel
Writer at Toronto Sun
An award-winning writer with the Toronto Sun since 1984, currently writing about justice issues. [email protected]
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6 days ago |
thesudburystar.com | Michele Mandel
Published Apr 17, 2025 • Last updated 2 days ago • 3 minute readScales of justiceArticle contentThere will be no kind of justice for an elderly pedestrian hit and killed by a vehicle just over 18 months ago in Toronto. Advertisement 2This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article contentArticle contentWe apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other videos from our team.
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1 week ago |
torontosun.com | Michele Mandel
An alleged careless driver accused of killing the man has had his charges stayed because it took too long to get to trial in provincial offences court. And Justice of the Peace Robert Shawyer, who ruled it had taken longer than the 18-month time limit – by just two weeks – to try Luciano Battiston, placed the blame on a “system in shambles.” On Oct. 30, 2023, Shawyer said Battiston was turning left onto Dufferin St. from Ridelle Ave. – north of Eglinton Ave. W.
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1 week ago |
torontosun.com | Michele Mandel
Advertisement 1 Get the latest from Michele Mandel straight to your inbox • • You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Article contentMiranda Craig Doff is working on her PhD on gender-based violence — but even she had no idea her younger sister Brittany was herself a victim of intimate partner violence. Advertisement 2Don't have an account? Create AccountArticle contentArticle contentWe apologize, but this video has failed to load.
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1 week ago |
torontosun.com | Michele Mandel
Randall McKenzie will remain silent, just as he was when prosecutors allege he pumped six bullets from a trafficked Glock 19 into the unsuspecting officer responding to a routine call. Following three weeks and countless witnesses, the Crown closed its first-degree murder case against McKenzie, 27, and his then-girlfriend Brandi Stewart-Sperry, 32, on Tuesday.
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1 week ago |
thesudburystar.com | Michele Mandel
But the aspiring lawyer – one of two sisters who murdered their mom in 2003 – accuses the Law Society of Ontario of blocking her wayPublished Apr 11, 2025 • Last updated 22 hours ago • 4 minute readThe sinister 2003 plot of two Mississauga sisters who killed their mother was captured in the 2014 movie Perfect Sisters, starring Mira Sorvino as the mom, Abigail Breslin as the eldest sibling and Georgie Henley as the younger sibling.
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