TORONTO - A man accused of fatally running over a Toronto police officer did not intend to kill anyone and behaved reasonably in the face of what he thought was an imminent threat to his family, defence lawyers said Wednesday, while prosecutors argued he deliberately chose to drive dangerously. The two sides made their final pitches to jurors at the trial of Umar Zameer -- who has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of Det. Const. Jeffrey Northrup -- with lawyers...
TORONTO - Jurors have begun their deliberations in the trial of Umar Zameer, who has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of Toronto police Det. Const. Jeffrey Northrup. The officer, who was in plain clothes, died on July 2, 2021, after he was hit by a vehicle in an underground parking garage at Toronto City Hall. Prosecutors said Zameer made deliberate choices to drive dangerously while there were people nearby, killing the officer. But the defence argued Zameer did not...
The judge overseeing the trial of a man accused of fatally running over a Toronto police officer repeatedly raised concerns over the prosecution’s changing theory of what happened that night and at one point indicated she did not see how a jury could reach a guilty verdict on murder based on evidence presented in court. During legal arguments not heard by the jury, Ontario Superior Court Justice Anne Molloy on several occasions asked the Crown to lay out its narrative for how Umar Zameer...
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A Lauderdale County jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict in the trial of man accused of murdering a 48-year-old woman on Valentine’s Day 2021.
the jury returned to the judge with a number of questions in relation to the case.
The façade of the Upper West Side Apple store seen on Dec. 21, 2022. Officer Salvatore Provenzano’s attorney argued that Provenzano pre-emptively punched the man, believing he was about to be hit. [ more › ]
Amir Tamba, who had been acquitted of murdering the Indian citizen in jail, was gunned down in his Lahore home on Sunday.
An arrest has been made months after the torso of a woman was discovered in a Louisiana river by a hunter back in January. Anthony Pierce Holland, Jr. 29, of West Monroe was arrested was charged with Second Degree Murder in the death of 19-year-old Sheryl Turner earlier this week, officials from the Catahoula Parish Sheriff's Department announced on Wednesday. The investigation into Turner's death began back on January 24, weeks after she had been reported missing by her family....
A man in Fort Worth, Texas called 9-1-1 on himself and allegedly confessed to murdering his wife -- all while exclaiming his slain partner's father was "going to kill me." Christopher Robertson has been charged with murdering wife Kristlynne Robertson, after police responded to the couple's home on April 12 in the middle of the night and found a woman, later identified as Kristlynne, "wrapped up inside a blue tarp." One of the responding officers, according to an arrest warrant...
Prosecution counsel Sam Magee KC was opening the case against Cresswell (36), who is accused of Katie Simpson's murder on August 9, 2020 and who also stands accused of one charge of rape on a date between August 2 and August 4, 2020. The trial is being held at Derry Crown Court sitting in Coleraine and Mr Magee was outlining the prosecution case. He said that the prosecution would maintain Cresswell had 'strangled and killed' Katie Simpson, with whom he had previously had relations. The jury was...
The man acquitted of Jill Dando's murder has called for the police to investigate a Serbian hitman that a witness has claimed looks like a mystery man caught on CCTV.