Paul Cherry
Crime Reporter at Montreal Gazette
Crime reporter with The Gazette (Montreal). Author of The Biker Trials (ECW) et Les Proces des Motards. Thank you to Delf Berg for the courtroom sketch of moi.
Articles
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1 day ago |
montrealgazette.com | Paul Cherry
A Quebec Court judge who was clearly not impressed with the common suggestion made to him on a sentence for a man who tried to kill his ex-girlfriend by stabbing her multiple times inside a classroom at a downtown school said Tuesday that he felt “bound” to accept the recommended seven-year prison term because of past decisions made by the Quebec Court of Appeal.
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2 days ago |
montrealgazette.com | Paul Cherry
The prosecution and a defence lawyer representing a woman who was convicted last year of driving while impaired when she struck and killed a cyclist in the West Island were unable to reach an agreement on a sentence. At the Montreal courthouse Tuesday, lawyers from both sides informed Quebec Court Judge Dennis Galiatsatos they will need two days to present arguments on a sentence for Christine Pryde. The judge agreed to schedule two dates early in September to hear the arguments.
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3 days ago |
montrealgazette.com | Paul Cherry
A man who permanently disfigured the face of another man during a fight at Lafontaine Park more than two years ago was sentenced to a prison term of two years less a day Monday at the Montreal courthouse. Quebec Superior Court Justice Chantal Tremblay said that while it was not clear whether Soheib Henni Mansour, 29, was acting out of jealousy when he stabbed his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend five times during a fight that occurred on Nov.
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5 days ago |
montrealgazette.com | Paul Cherry
The Quebec Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial for the man who was acquitted by a jury of a homicide at the Dix30 shopping complex in Brossard. In a verdict delivered nearly two years ago, Joshua Sarroino, now 31, was acquitted on a charge alleging he murdered Éric Francis De Souza. On May 10, 2019, the victim was shot in the back of the head while he was dining at a restaurant with several people to celebrate a birthday.
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1 week ago |
montrealgazette.com | Paul Cherry
Lawyers from both sides of the case brought against a man who killed two women, including his mother, in Vaudreuil-Dorion last year have recommended that he be found not criminally responsible for his actions because of a mental health problem. During a hearing held at the Valleyfield courthouse on Thursday, a Crown prosecutor said the prosecution and defence lawyers representing Fabio Puglisi, 45, were making the recommendation jointly.
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Quebec Court of Appeal orders a new trial for Joshua Sarroino, the man who was acquitted by a jury nearly two years ago in a trial involving a murder inside a restaurant in Dix30. https://t.co/BKXPnFwi5r
Judge denies request to prevent Sylvain Kabbouchi, the alleged leader of Arab Power, and his accomplice in a Laval murder from communicating with each other while they serve life sentences | Montreal Gazette https://t.co/nGpbcjS1C7
Hours before Fabio Puglisi killed his mother and a neighbour in Vaudreuil-Dorion, on Feb. 15, 2024, a team that was supervising his recent release from a hospital told a police force they had concerns over his behaviour https://t.co/Yc9Pao6D8l