Gill murder trial: Mistress had no motive to kill, lawyer says
A defining image at the Gill murder trial came when the jury sat statue-still as they watched a young girl recount the day she found her dead mom on the living-room room floor. Jagtar Gill’s throat was...
View ArticleGill murder trial: Judge accused of rolling eyes while accused killer testified
The judge at the sensational murder trial of Barrhaven’s Bhupinderpal Gill and his secret lover Gurpreet Ronald has been accused of rolling her eyes, tilting her head back and folding her arms while...
View Article'We are all heartbroken': Read the full victim impact statement from Jagtar...
Below is the full victim impact statement read in court Wednesday by Ramandeep Chahal, the niece of Jagtar Gill. Chahal read the statement after a jury found Bhupinderpal Gill and his former mistress...
View ArticleLovers guilty in Gill murder trial: 'These cowards took Jagtar’s last breath'
At 10:58 a.m. on Jan. 29, 2014, Gurpreet Ronald looked out her front window and waved to Jagtar Gill’s daughter as the little girl and her father, Bhupinderpal Gill, drove by on their way to run...
View ArticleJudge in Gill murder trial was asked to recuse herself for alleged bias — she...
Months before Gurpreet Ronald went on trial for the 2014 killing of her secret lover’s wife, her defence lawyer filed a motion asking the judge to recuse herself on grounds of alleged bias after she...
View ArticleDays after murder conviction for killing wife, Gill files appeal
Bhupinderpal Gill, the OC Transpo driver serving life in prison for the Jan. 29, 2014, killing of his wife, has filed an appeal, asking the Ontario Court of Appeal to quash his murder conviction and...
View ArticleEx-Hells Angel sues Ottawa cops over medical marijuana bust
A former Hells Angel is suing Ottawa police for false arrest, alleging he was charged with illegally possessing weed even after he showed officers a medical marijuana licence issued by Health Canada...
View ArticleNew details revealed on probe that cleared Ottawa police chief Bordeleau
The civilian watchdog investigation that vindicated Ottawa Police Chief Charles Bordeleau this week has revealed that the department has no policy to guide its officers about what they can and can’t do...
View ArticleRenfrew teen accused of killing father
The 17-year-old Renfrew boy accused of killing his father on the weekend was arrested hours later in Montreal. The boy was arrested hours after the body of his 60-year-old father was found at a...
View ArticleTeacher's aide who abused boy a 'full-on sex predator,' mother says
The boy’s mother sat at the back of Court Room No. 11 in tearful silence Monday as her son’s sex predator was portrayed as a compassionate, morally upright woman who should serve her jail sentence on...
View ArticleGurpreet Ronald — Jagtar Gill's killer — files appeal
Gurpreet Ronald, the OC Transpo driver serving life in prison for the Jan. 29, 2014, killing of her secret lover’s wife, has filed an appeal, asking the Ontario Court of Appeal to quash her...
View ArticleRetired Ottawa teacher-coach accused of sex crimes gets bail
Donald Greenham stood out in the line of handcuffed men down in the cellblocks of the Ottawa courthouse, waiting to see a justice of the peace. At 73, the retired Ottawa teacher and basketball coach...
View ArticlePledging allegiance to ISIL like pledging allegiance to the devil, judge says...
The dark and rapid descent into Islamist extremism for three young Ottawa men who plotted to leave the country to fight for the Islamic State ended on Friday with the homegrown terrorists pleading...
View ArticleAshton Larmond's secret plan to join ISIL — by way of the Arctic
Ottawa jihadi Ashton Larmond was so bent on joining the Islamic State that days after authorities revoked his passport he started making secret plans to leave Canada undetected, crossing first into...
View ArticleOttawa teacher's aide jailed for 14 months after sexually exploiting student
The Ottawa teacher’s aide who sexually exploited a vulnerable high school student for two years was jailed on Tuesday for 14 months in what the judge called a significant breach of trust. Ontario Court...
View ArticleOttawa woman gets prison time for using teens as sex slaves
A mentally ill Ottawa woman with the emotional age of a 13-year-old was sentenced to federal prison for two years on Thursday for using teenage girls as sex slaves in her parents’ basement. The...
View ArticleOfficer in Abdi arrest once panicked during violent takedown of another...
Const. Daniel Montsion, one of the Ottawa police officers under SIU investigation in the deadly arrest of Abdirahman Abdi, once panicked in a violent takedown of another Somali-Canadian man. This was...
View ArticleSept. 11 Remembered: Amid chaos and doom, hope dies last
To mark the 15th anniversary of the terror attacks that killed thousands in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, and shook the world, The Citizen is reprinting some of its coverage from New York City...
View ArticleSept. 11 Remembered: 'What kind of God would let this happen?'
To mark the 15th anniversary of the terror attacks that killed thousands in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, and shook the world, The Citizen is reprinting some of its coverage from New York City...
View ArticleSept. 11 Remembered: The missing
To mark the 15th anniversary of the terror attacks that killed thousands in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, and shook the world, The Citizen is reprinting some of its coverage from New York City...
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