Susan Clairmont
Columnist at The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON)
Crime, court and social justice columnist at The Hamilton Spectator. [email protected]
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1 week ago |
thespec.com | Susan Clairmont
Jurors who will decide the fate of a couple on trial for a police officer’s murder will do so without hearing a word from either of the accused. Brandi Stewart-Sperry elected not to testify or call any evidence in her defence Wednesday after four weeks of testimony from Crown witnesses. When asked by Justice Andrew Goodman if he was electing to call evidence in Stewart-Sperry’s case, her lawyer Scott Reid said, “Absolutely not, Your Honour.”Stewart-Sperry showed no emotion in the courtroom.
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1 week ago |
thespec.com | Susan Clairmont
The man accused of being recorded on video fatally shooting an OPP officer will not testify at his first-degree murder trial. In fact, Randall McKenzie’s legal team won’t be calling any evidence at all. After the prosecution called its last witness Tuesday, Cayuga Crown attorney Fraser McCracken told the court “that would be the case for the Crown” against McKenzie and his co-accused, Brandi Stewart-Sperry.
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1 week ago |
thespec.com | Susan Clairmont
The fired cartridge case from the scene of his surrender and another found at the shooting of Const. Greg Pierzchala four hours earlier came from the same prohibited handgun. A police helicopter videotaped McKenzie tossing that handgun aside as he walked out of the woods in Haldimand County with his hands up to be arrested. Furthermore, McKenzie’s DNA was found on the gun and gunshot residue was found on his clothing.
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1 week ago |
thespec.com | Susan Clairmont
The fired cartridge case from the scene of his surrender and another found at the shooting of Const. Greg Pierzchala four hours earlier came from the same prohibited handgun. A police helicopter videotaped McKenzie tossing that handgun aside as he walked out of the woods in Haldimand County with his hands up to be arrested. Furthermore, McKenzie’s DNA was found on the gun and gunshot residue was found on his clothing.
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1 week ago |
thespec.com | Susan Clairmont
The DNA of alleged cop killer Randall McKenzie was found on the gun seized when he was arrested. The DNA of his co-accused girlfriend, Brandi Stewart-Sperry, was not on the black Glock 19. Both accused are on trial at the Cayuga Courthouse, accused of first-degree murder in the shooting death of OPP Const. Greg Pierzchala on Dec. 27, 2022 in Haldimand County. McKenzie is accused of being the shooter. Stewart-Sperry is accused of aiding the shooter.
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