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Expert maintains Stanley's handgun not prone to misfire
Did Gerald Stanley's Tokarev handgun fire accidentally? That was the focus of cross-examination at Stanley's second-degree murder trial on Friday, as a firearms expert was questioned by defence lawyer Scott Spencer on the possibility of a malfunction. Greg Williams, a forensic firearms expert, told court on Thursday th...
Feb 02, 2018
Witnesses give conflicting accounts at Stanley murder trial
Inconsistencies continued to plague testimony at Gerald Stanley's second-degree murder trial Thursday afternoon, as a woman who was in the same SUV as Colten Boushie told court details contradicting RCMP evidence. Belinda Jackson, 24, was with Boushie and a group of friends when they ended up on the Stanley farm on Aug...
Feb 01, 2018
Stanley trial evidence photos give life to testimony
Battleford's Court of Queen's Bench is giving the public a first look into what RCMP officers saw when they responded to the shooting death of Colten Boushie on a farm near Biggar on Aug. 9, 2016. Gerald Stanley, who owned the farm, is currently on trial for second-degree murder. A series of evidence photographs taken ...
Feb 01, 2018
Witness says he lied to police during Stanley murder trial
A young man who was in the same SUV as Colten Boushie admitted he lied to police and to court during his testimony at Gerald Stanley's second-degree murder trial on Thursday. Cassidy Cross, 18, was grilled by defence lawyer Scott Spencer on inconsistencies between the teen's statements through the court's entire mornin...
Feb 01, 2018
Friend of Colten Boushie takes stand at Stanley murder trial
After Gerald Stanley's son gave his version of events in the morning, a man who was with Colten Boushie the day he died testified Wednesday afternoon as Stanley's second-degree murder trial continued in a Battleford, Sask. courtroom. Eric Meechance, 22, told court he went drinking and swimming with Boushie and several...
Jan 31, 2018
Gerald Stanley's son testifies about Boushie shooting
For the first time in court, a person who witnessed the shooting of Colten Boushie has detailed what they saw and heard that evening. Sheldon Stanley, the son of Gerald Stanley, took the stand as a Crown witness on Wednesday morning. The 28-year-old told the jury he was working on a fence with his father when they hear...
Jan 31, 2018
Bullets, guns take centre stage at Stanley murder trial
Guns and bullet casings were the focus of an RCMP investigator's testimony Tuesday at the second-degree murder trial of Gerald Stanley in Battleford, Sask. Cpl. Terry Heroux, who examined the scene the night Colten Boushie was shot on Stanley's farm, took the stand and presented a series of photos taken at the time. Fo...
Jan 30, 2018
Crown reveals new version of events at Gerald Stanley trial
Three gunshots. That's how many bullets the Crown said were fired from a gun belonging to Gerald Stanley on Aug. 9, 2016. The revelation came during opening arguments in Stanley's second-degree murder trial in Battleford, Sask. on Tuesday. Crown Prosecutor Bill Burge told the jury they would later be hearing from Stanl...
Jan 30, 2018
Jury selection draws criticism in Gerald Stanley trial
Five men and seven women will decide the fate of Gerald Stanley in his second-degree murder trial, but some members of the victim's family aren't happy with how jury selection played out. Stanley is accused of shooting and killing 22-year-old Colten Boushie on Aug. 9, 2016. The man from Red Pheasant Cree Nation died on...
Jan 29, 2018
Dozens show support for Boushie family ahead of murder trial
Around 70 people gathered outside Saskatoon's city hall Thursday evening to offer support for the family of Colten Boushie. People held candles and signs reading "Life > Property" as a poem highlighting the importance of Boushie's life and death was read. "His name is the face of all our unjust fates,...
Jan 26, 2018