Ottawa triple-murder trial: 'He belittled me all the time,' accused killer's...
Ian Bush’s wife didn’t know anything about the toolkit for murder down in the basement. But she certainly recognized the bag. “It’s my old briefcase,” she testified at her ex-husband’s triple-murder...
View ArticleFormer Ottawa Mountie who tortured, starved son appeals sentence
The ex-RCMP counter terrorism investigator who starved and tortured his 11-year-old son in a Kanata basement in 2013 is appealing his sentence, complaining that the trial judge failed to attach enough...
View ArticleOttawa's 'Catch me if you can' hacker guilty in swatting case; Anonymous...
He’s the Ottawa hacker who liked to brag at school about his online powers, the ones he abused. Out of twisted revenge for his own troubles at school, the 16-year-old boy launched a dark online...
View ArticleOttawa teen who spray-painted swastikas on places of worship likely has...
It wasn’t always like this for the boy in the prisoner’s box, the white pride kid who calls himself the son of Hitler. There was a time when he had friends and played hockey. But in 2015, the teen’s...
View ArticleJury deliberates fate of Orléans killer after 14-week trial
After a 14-week trial, the jury in the first-degree murder trial of Carson Morin is now deliberating the fate of the killer who had dreams of running a stripper network from his Orléans condo. It...
View Article'Justice has been served': Grieving family of Mike Wassill pleads with...
It’s pretty hard to persuade a jury that you didn’t mean to kill when you came in latex gloves, armed with a knife. And on Friday, after a 14-week trial, a jury found Carson Morin guilty of...
View Article'You have no shame': Ian Bush guilty in brutal killings of Ottawa seniors,...
He had just been convicted in the horrific killings of three Ottawa seniors, including a retired judge. He had just heard a haunting statement from a grieving family, had just been sentenced to life in...
View ArticleLevy Kasende was shot through the heart in 2012 Ottawa revenge killing: Crown
Levy Kasende had finally embraced his future as a young father but the crack dealer couldn’t escape his past, and on the other side of midnight on Aug. 25, 2012, it caught up to him in a drive-by...
View ArticleAccused Jasmine Crescent killer free on bail
The college student accused of killing 18-year-old Connor Stevenson in the sixth-floor stairwell at 2020 Jasmine Cres. in 2015 has been freed on bail while he awaits trial for second-degree murder....
View ArticleOttawa drug dealer accused of drugging, raping — and videotaping — 15 women
In a horrifying case that has shaken bar staff in the ByWard Market, an Ottawa drug dealer is on trial for the drugging and raping of 15 women who were videotaped and photographed as they were...
View ArticleOttawa killer free on bail, living 800 metres from victim's parents
Sam Tsega, convicted in the 2010 execution-style killing of Barrhaven teen Michael Swan, has been freed on bail less than two months after he was sentenced to prison, and now lives 800 metres down the...
View ArticleOttawa man charged with impersonating dentist wins bail
Ottawa’s Omar Anwar won bail on Friday after being arrested on charges that he impersonated a dentist and forged medical school records in a failed bid to take dental exams at McGill University in May....
View ArticleOttawa terrorism suspect breaches conditions again, allegedly steals food...
Broke and hungry, suspected Ottawa terrorist Tevis Gonyou-McLean is accused of stealing groceries in Westboro. Gonyou-McLean, 25, was charged with theft and breaching his terrorism peace bond after...
View ArticleAccused serial rapist denies beating pregnant girlfriend on night of his arrest
An Ottawa drug dealer accused of drugging, raping and videotaping more than a dozen women — mostly ByWard Market bar staff — took the stand in his own defence on Thursday and was quick to cry as he...
View Article'I regret my actions,' accused Ottawa serial rapist tells court
In the face of graphic video and photo evidence of him exploiting drugged-out women, Phillip Wilson finally said it was wrong. The Ottawa drug dealer accused of drugging, raping and videotaping more...
View Article'Deadly weapon': Ottawa couple dealt lengthy prison sentences for trafficking...
The fast-money life for an Ottawa couple has come to an abrupt end, with the freshly-engaged lovers off to prison for supplying the street with hard drugs, including deadly fentanyl. Joshua...
View ArticleDefence lawyer pins 2012 drive-by drug killing on someone else
For seven weeks, the jury in the first-degree murder trial of Michael Belleus has explored the city’s underworld of feuding crack dealers in what’s been referred to as the drug game, in which most...
View ArticleDrug dealer convicted of murder, Ottawa judge warns others to leave the life...
Michael Belleus, just 25, could have done anything with his life but he chose to pick up a gun with an eye to so-called easy money in the city’s deadly crack trade. And on Wednesday, just as most folks...
View ArticleOttawa man who spent 18 months in solitary sues jail
A convicted killer who spent a staggering 18 months in solitary confinement is suing the Ottawa jail for “degrading and inhuman” treatment that, for a time, cost him his mind, according to a $500,000...
View ArticleOttawa's Facebook predator held victim in dog cage for ransom: Crown
They had just returned from a round of golf, laid out the appetizers and poured the wine when the doorbell rang. The young man outside, wearing only underwear, was shivering. He was muddy, his face was...
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