The Hamilton Spectator | March 12, 2022
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HAMILTON DETECTIVE WHO ADMITTED TO LYING IN COURT NOW FACING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
A Hamilton police officer who admitted to lying in court is facing a criminal investigation by an outside police agency.
CHARGES DROPPED AFTER HAMILTON POLICE DETECTIVE ADMITS LYING IN COURT
The Hamilton Spectator | February 17, 2022
Prosecutors have dropped drug and gun charges against two people after a Hamilton police officer admitted to lying in his testimony about information from a...
‘THE FALL GUY’: HOW AN ONTARIO MAN GOT BLAMED FOR TWO MAFIA MURDERS ...
The Hamilton Spectator | October 07, 2021
Jabril Abdalla was left holding the bag by his friends and police. 'I knew nothing about what was going on,' he says in an exclusive interview.
CANADA’S BIGGEST CARFENTANIL DRUG TRIAL CONCLUDES
The National Telegraph | April 01, 2021
Masked lawyers delivered closing arguments behind plexiglass Wednesday at the trial of Maisum Ansari, an Oshawa businessman charged with possession of ...
Defence in carfentanil case attempts to discredit 'suspicious' web activity
Toronto Sun | March 26, 2021
The lawyer for the owner of a Pickering home where 42 kilograms of carfentanil was discovered nearly three years ago threw water on the Crown’s allegations that her ...
GTA puppy rescuer endures 26 hours of detention hell in airport
Toronto Sun | November 23, 2019
Kristin Markoff felt “shocked and violated” when she was held in detention for 26 hours at Pearson airport earlier this month. The Brampton paralegal, who often travels to ...
ACQUITTED IN MURDER TRIAL, FORMER ASPIRING MODEL IS REUNITED WITH BABY SHE ...
The Hamilton Spectator | October 07, 2019
A jury in Newmarket has convicted a man of first-degree murder in the shooting death of a Markham man, but acquitted his co-accused, a once-aspiring model who ...
Toronto lawyer cleared of perjury, obstruction charges after defence ...
Toronto Star | June 28, 2018
KITCHENER — In an unusual move, the Crown has withdrawn perjury and obstruction of justice charges against Toronto defence lawyer Leora Shemesh ...
MANDEL: Toronto defence lawyer who took on Peel police has charges ...
Toronto Sun | June 28, 2018
KITCHENER — She should never have been treated like this. Three years after she was arrested, fingerprinted and photographed, a fearless Toronto criminal defence lawyer ...
Judge acquits Toronto cook, ruling police used excessive force
The Star | March 13, 2013
A judge has stayed impaired driving, assault to resist arrest and other charges against a Toronto cook, ruling police used excessive force and seemed “indifferent to the truth”
Forcing bra removal violated woman's Charter rights: Judge
Toronto Sun | February 13, 2013
TORONTO - A woman accused of drunk driving had her Charter rights violated when police forced her to remove her underwire bra, a Superior Court judge ruled.
Judge finds woman ordered to remove her bra by York police was ...
The Star | February 13, 2013
A judge has criticized an unwritten York Regional Police safety policy requiring women suspects to remove their underwire bras while they’re detained in police cells.
Defence lawyer alleges Toronto officers diverted 7 kilos of meth into ...
The Star | February 11, 2013
Why would a drug dealer leave seven kilos of methamphetamine, worth $300,000, sitting on the back seat of his car overnight in a downtown Toronto parking lot ...
Meet Leora Shemesh: the police force’s enemy No. 1 in court
The Star | February 17, 2012
For some police officers and Crown attorneys in the Greater Toronto Region, defence lawyer Leora Shemesh is public enemy No. 1. She has built a reputation ...
Judge blasts Peel police officers in cocaine case
The Globe & Mail | February 11, 2012
A group of Peel Regional police officers "essentially colluded and then committed perjury en masse," in their handling of a drug case that began more than two years ago ...
Peel drug cops told calculated lies in court, judge says
The Star | February 10, 2012
Peel Region Police say they are conducting an internal investigation after a judge’s damning words about the “reprehensible” conduct of members of their drug squad.
Juror alleges she was coerced into murder verdict in Christopher ...
The Star | January 15, 2012
A lawyer is taking the relatively rare step Monday of asking a judge to investigate a woman’s claims she was coerced by fellow jurors into convicting a man of ...
Underwire bra supports drunk driving defence
The Star | March 10, 2011
An underwire bra is at the centre of an impaired driving case after police asked a suspect to remove her lingerie over concerns it could be used as a “weapon.”
Not guilty in fatal shooting of 11-year-old
Guelph Mercury Tribune | December 14, 2010
TORONTO — After deliberating all weekend, a Superior Court jury found two men not guilty of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of 11-year-old Ephraim Brown ...
Men acquitted in killing of Ephraim Brown
The Star | December 13, 2010
For the family of Ephraim Brown, it was a day of anguish and incomprehension that apparently no one will ever be brought to justice for snuffing out the life of the ...
SCC backs civil remedies act
The Law Times | April 27, 2009
The criminal defence bar is condemning a Supreme Court of Canada decision backing Ontario’s Civil Remedies Act, saying the province now has an easier route ...
Grow-op arrest began with dogs on the loose
The Globe & Mail | March 22, 2005
Meet the alleged tip of the proverbial iceberg: Edmond Young Dun Kim is an accused grow-op producer, and if the estimates of police forces across the ...
