POLICE CHIEF STANDS BY HIS WORDS
July 25, 2004
Chief stands by his words
Louie Rosella
Staff
Peel Region’s Chief of Police says there is nothing wrong with remarks he made Thursday that assumes the man charged with murdering 9- year- old Cecilia Zhang is guilty.
Chief Noel Catney made the controversial comments at a news conference when he announced that [...]
BLITZ COURT TO TACKLE BACKLOG IN PEEL
BLITZ COURT TO TACKLE BACKLOG IN PEEL
Mike Funston
Staff reporter
The Mississauga News
More judges and prosecutors have been assigned to a “blitz court,” aimed at eliminating the growing backlog of criminal cases in Peel Region.
“This should have a huge impact on the trial backlog situation,” Peel’s police chief, Noel Catney, said during a recent [...]
CHARGES STAYED IN BAR MURDER
CHARGES STAYED IN BAR MURDER
Louie Rosella
Staff
Peel Crown Attorney has decided not to prosecute a 25 year old man initially charged in connection with a shooting at a city center bar last summer.
Yesterday in Brampton court, Crown prosecutors stayed charges against Kurt Downer, who was charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder in [...]
FIRM BACK IN BUSINESS AFTER FATAL SHOOTING
May 11, 2004
Firm back in business after fatal shooting
Jonathan Fowlie
Globe and Mail
Working amid the broken doors and patches of pink fingerprint dust, employees at the Mississauga trucking company where one man was killed and two others injured tried as best they could to conduct business as usual yesterday morning.
As drivers continued [...]
DRIVER WASN’T HIRED BY FIRM
Driver wasn’t hired by firm
Rob Granatstein
Toronto Sun
Employees at the close- knit office of Liquiterminols in Mississauga are devastated after three of them were shot, allegedly by a man who has nothing to do with the company since August.
“It’s senseless,” says Barb Ward, the company’s office manager. “He’s not an employee, we didn’t [...]
WRONG PLACE, WRONG TIME, FOR VICTIM OF SHOOTING
May 12, 2004
Wrong place, wrong time, for victim of shooting
Family says O’Rourke victim of circumstance.
LOUIE ROSELLA
Staff
Mississauga News
The manager of a Mississauga trucking company who was shot to death at his workplace Friday was simply at the wrong time, his family says.
Had 47 years old Michael O’Rourke of Newmarket been in [...]
Bank robbery killer convicted
December 20, 2000
Bank robbery killer convicted
Man received life sentence for shooting Nancy Kidd to death
Guilty verdict brings relief
Bob Mitchell
Peel/ Malton Bureau Chief
A Toronto man has been found guilty of first- degree murder in the shooting of Brampton bank employee Nancy Kidd.
The jury took six hours over two days to convict [...]
Relatives cheer as bank teller’s killer jailed
December 20, 2000
Relatives cheer as bank teller’s killer jailed
No parole for 25 years
Nancy Kidd shot in the neck during robbery at TD bank last year
Desmond Brown
National Post
A 22- year- old man has been found guilty of first- degree murder in the fatal shooting of a bank employee.
A jury of sic [...]
Second arrest in Mississauga stabbing
September 25, 2007
Second arrest in Mississauga stabbing
Bob Mitchell
Staff Reporter
A second man wanted in connection with Saturday’s stabbing death at a Mississauga townhouse complex has now been arrested.
Defence attorney Gary Batasar arranged to have his client, Andrae Parris, 24, surrender to police late Monday night.
He is to appear later today in a [...]