Murray Wood: Arrest in 2001 Saskatoon assault case should make perpetrators worried
A 52-year-old man has been charged in connection with a 2001 sexual assault allegation in Saskatoon. Murray Wood says he...
TORONTO — Ontario’s top court has quashed the acquittal of a Hamilton-area homeowner who gunned down a would-be car thief.
The Court of Appeal ruling means that Peter Khill will have to stand trial again for second-degree murder.
A jury acquitted Khill in June 2018.
Khill had argued self-defence in shooting Jon Styres twice from a couple of metres distance.
He maintained his four years of training as an army reservist had kicked in when he grabbed a shotgun and went outside to confront Styres in 2016.
The Appeal Court said the trial judge made an error in instructing the jury.
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