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Man acquitted of murder at second trial | Toronto Star

A Mississauga man who was convicted of murder walked out of court a free man late Monday after being found not guilty at his second trial on the same charge.

Key crown witness at Pizza Pizza trial described as a self-serving ‘snake,’ by defence lawyers | Toronto Star

The key Crown witness who identified the three other men he said he was with during the murder of 17-year-old Jarryl Hagely at a Pizza Pizza, is a self-serving “snake” who gave the police the names of the wrong people out of fear of the real killers, defence lawyers argued Thursday in closing arguments.

Man scores conditional sentence - and bail - on second gun charge | National Post

Winston Poyser, the Crown’s key witness in the so-called Pizza Pizza murder trial, denies he is falsely implicating the three accused because he is covering up for the 17-year-old victim’s real killers.

Woodbridge man charged with threatening mayor's husband granted bail | York Region

A Woodbridge man charged in connection with extortion and uttering threats against the husband of Caledon Mayor Marolyn Morrison appeared in Orangeville court Monday for a bail hearing.

Defence blasts use of biker gang's violent Quebec history | The Globe and Mail

Prosecution efforts to brand Ontario's Hells Angels a criminal organization have displayed one striking shortfall, an extortion trial was told yesterday: evidence from Ontario.

Jian Ghomeshi case: How to stop sex assault trials from putting character on the stand | Globalnews.ca

People who say they were raped are called liars, drunks, druggies, sluts, flirts, teases — not by trolls on social media but by robe-clad lawyers in court.

Parents grieve again as retrial acquits son's accused killer | Toronto Star

The anguish of Sam and Gladys Garavellos reached new levels Monday when a jury found a Mississauga man not guilty of their son's murder nearly three years after a previous jury convicted him and sentenced him to life in prison.

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