Ottawa great-grandfather who killed son wins bail
John McRae, the Orléans great-grandfather who killed his son after years of elder abuse, has won bail while he awaits an appeal of his 2018 conviction. Read More
View ArticleOttawa rapist in lockup after skipping sentencing hearing and evading police...
Mathew McAuliff, a convicted rapist known for heartless manipulation, has finally been arrested nine months after skipping his sentencing hearing at the Ottawa courthouse back in November. Read More
View Article'A ghost and a gun': Crown abandons case after conflicting Ottawa police...
The police tactical unit down the hall, waiting for the elevator, was surprised when an Ottawa detective yelled out: "Have you seen the gun?" Read More
View ArticleCSIS used intel gathered illegally, withheld evidence favourable to accused...
In another blow to the years-long prosecution of reputed ISIS recruiter Awso Peshdary, Canada's spy agency has admitted it failed to disclose evidence favourable to the accused and that some of its...
View ArticleInside the Ottawa police's unlawful raid and arrest of Mohamed Mohamed
While it was the mysterious discovery of a handgun that sank the latest Ottawa police case against long-time target Mohamed Mohamed, the investigation was troubled from the start, court records reveal....
View ArticleOttawa man spared murder charge in plea deal; claims girlfriend killed mom
Susan Kuplu’s troubled life met a horrifying end in her kitchen at the peak of a drunken fight, with her teen daughter knifing her to death on the floor as her career criminal boyfriend urged her to...
View ArticleObituary: Crown prosecutor James 'Jimmy' Stewart was icon in Ontario justice
James M. Stewart, the graceful yet fierce Crown attorney trusted to handle Ontario’s most complicated and notorious prosecutions across 47 years, died on Friday after heart complications. Known as...
View ArticleAccused slasher spared trial due to systemic delay at the Ottawa courthouse
François Perreault, accused of attacking his ex-girlfriend’s boyfriend with a knife, was spared trial in 2018 because the case took too long to get to court. Read More
View ArticleOttawa detectives allegedly subjected Inuk teen to psychological abuse: legal...
Ottawa homicide detectives allegedly subjected an Inuk teen to intolerable psychological abuse during intense interrogations — one lasting nine and a half hours — in their 2019 quest to gather...
View Article"I messed up": Troubled Ottawa cop fined $1,000 for drunk driving
Ottawa police Const. Umer Khan, 40, was given a $1,000 fine on Friday for an afternoon of drunk driving in 2018 that ended in a gunpoint arrest. Read More
View ArticleOttawa police accused of stealing cash in drug raid: affidavit
Ottawa police are accused of stealing just more than $5,000 during a 2018 search at a family home in the east end. Read More
View ArticleOttawa jailhouse killers plead guilty
On Monday, Marco Michaud's three killers — all originally charged with first-degree murder — pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter. Read More
View ArticleContact tracing underway after Ottawa courthouse employee tests positive for...
Ottawa Public Health is helping management at the Ottawa courthouse with contact tracing after an employee tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday. Read More
View ArticleEx-Ottawa cop acquitted of sex assault
Former Ottawa police constable Sharmarke Ali has always maintained his innocence since his 2019 arrest on a sexual assault charge, and on Wednesday he was acquitted at the Elgin Street courthouse. Read...
View ArticleAnother Ottawa courthouse employee tests positive for COVID-19
Another Ottawa courthouse employee has tested positive for COVID-19. The courthouse employee, who does not work for the Ministry of the Attorney General, got tested as a precaution after reading an...
View ArticleRetired City of Ottawa employee sent to prison for child-sex crimes
Denis Guindon, a long-time City of Ottawa employee who retired in 2006, has been sent to prison for grooming and sexually exploiting a boy across 10 years. Read More
View ArticlePolice seek ID of suspect in bank and identity fraud
Ottawa police are asking for the public’s help to identify a woman suspected in a $400,000 bank and identity fraud in the city’s east end. Read More
View ArticleJudge tosses drug case after Ottawa police's 'shocking' breaches of basic rights
The Ottawa Police drug unit has lost another case in court after a judge tossed all evidence and acquitted their target in light of "flagrant' and "shocking" abuses of basic charter rights. Read More
View ArticleMan who killed ex-RCMP chief superintendent in drunk-driving crash sent to...
Alain Boily is off to prison for five years after killing a retired RCMP chief superintendent in a drunk-driving crash in December 2017. Read More
View Article'He exploited her for months': Sadistic Ottawa rapist, human trafficker...
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