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Betsy Powell

Betsy Powell

Courts Reporter at Toronto Star Online

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Betsy Powell
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One Canadian dead, two missing in Israel following Hamas attack - Toronto Star

Justin Trudeau spoke to Benjamin Netanyahu and condemned the large-scale attacks and expressed his deep condolences for the lives lost.
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Toronto man accused of killing ‘random strangers’ found guilty - To...

Sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 9. A conviction for first-degree murder carries an automatic life sentence of imprisonment.
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Woman, 16 at the time, describes sex assault inside Peter Nygard’s ...

“I remember not being able to move,” the woman, now 35, said during graphic testimony on Tuesday.
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Toronto incel terrorist deserves life in prison and should be sente...

“He wanted everyone to know why he did it,” prosecutor Chikeziri Igwe said in court during an emotion-packed proceeding on Thursday.
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Should this Toronto cop go to prison for stealing a dead man’s $834...

Const. Robert Konashewych’s defence says the Crown’s argument for eight-to-nine-year prison sentence is “crushing” and “staggering” — the kind of term reserved for career criminals.
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Instagram post of Toronto murder witness as a rat was ‘stupid and t...

At trial, Afrah Mohamed testified he posted an image of the star witness as a rat to “appease his followers,” boost his account and make money.
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How a kidnapping plot to extort 500 bitcoins was undone by Toronto ...

Wenbo Jin was abducted in January 2020 and his kidnappers demanded cryptocurrency which was worth $5.5 million a the time.

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Accused getaway driver names a gunman in killing of Toronto rapper ...

Cjay Hobbs was allegedly driving the vehicle that was “lying in wait” before Toronto rapper Dimarjio Jenkins’ killing in May 2020.
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‘No sir, that’s a lie’: Driver denies planning daylight assassinati...

Cjay Hobbs has testified it was his passenger who opened fire on Dimarjio Jenkins on a bright spring afternoon three years ago — but says he knew nothing of any planned hit.
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Toronto cop guilty of on-duty sex assault against student who calle...

The judge rejected Const. Conal Quinn’s claim the woman initiated the encounter driven by a fantasy of having sex with a uniformed officer.
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Toronto woman sentenced to 10 years for role in shooting of innocen...

A judge found Egypt Morgan had a high level of moral culpability in the death of Jermaine Titus, 32, a chef and loving father of a young son killed Aug. 18, 2018.