Tag: 1st degree murder

Federal Justice Minister Orders New Trial for Two Men Convicted of Murder in 1974

Federal Justice Minister David Lametti ordered a new trial Thursday for two Indigenous men who were convicted of murder by an all-white jury in Winnipeg 49 years ago. Lametti cited unspecified new evidence in his decision to order another trial for Brian Anderson and Allan Woodhouse, who were sentenced to life in prison in the…


Appeal Court Denies Release of Man Who Killed Five People in Calgary

A man who stabbed five young people to death at a Calgary house party will not be released from a group home after a ruling Thursday from Alberta’s highest court. Matthew de Grood, who is now in his early 30s, was found not criminally responsible in 2016 for the killings of Zackariah Rathwell, Jordan Segura,…


Man Accused of First-Degree Murder of BC Mountie Appears in Court

The man accused of fatally stabbing a Mountie in Burnaby, B.C., has made a brief appearance in provincial court in Vancouver. Jongwon Ham appeared virtually in court on Wednesday after a significant delay wearing a red shirt, a beard and his black hair reached past his shoulders. Ham was ordered remanded until Nov. 24 while…


Milwaukee Man Sentenced to Life for Killing Daughter’s Mother

MILWAUKEE—A Milwaukee man who was convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter’s mother and is charged with killing the couple’s girl was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Dariaz Higgins, 37, pleaded guilty in April to first-degree intentional homicide in the March 2019 shooting death of 24-year-old Sierra Robinson and attempted…


Oshawa Man Found Guilty of 1st Degree Murder, Manslaughter in 2 Killings

TORONTO—A Toronto-area man has been found guilty in the killing and dismemberment of two women nearly a decade apart. Adam Strong, 47, was convicted this afternoon of first-degree murder in the death of Rori Hache and of manslaughter in that of Kandis Fitzpatrick. Court heard Strong previously acknowledged prosecutors had proven he dismembered the two…