Yemeni unfairly jailed: Lawyer
October 26, 2001
Yemeni unfairly jailed: Lawyer
Sam Pazzano
A lawyer says his Yemeni client and at least 20 other immigration prisoners were picked up unfairly in a “wide sweep” in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Nageed Abdul Jabar Mohamen al- Hadi, 35, was detained at Pearson airport when his Chicago- bound [...]
Detained man has ill daughter in Detroit
November 8, 2001
Detained man has ill daughter in Detroit
Donovon Vincent
Staff reporter
Toronto Star
A Yemeni man in jail hre, who was detained after his Chicago- bound flight landed at Peearson airport on September 11, was headed to Detroit to be with his sick daughter, the girl’s doctor says.
Dr. Achiau Ludomirsky wrote in a [...]
Yemeni man arrested September 11 treated deplorably in jail, lawyer tells court.
Yemeni man arrested September 11 treated deplorably in jail, lawyer tells court.
James McCarten
TORONTO (CP)- The case of a Yemeni national who was alledgedly travelling with phoney passports on the day of the U.S. terrorist attacks remained murky Thursday despite his lawyer’s first court appearance.
Nageeb Abdul Jabar Mohamed Al- Hadi, clad in handcuffs, [...]
SEPT. 11 DETAINEES GETTING BAIL, BETTER JAIL CONDITIONS
SEPT. 11 DETAINEES GETTING BAIL, BETTER JAIL CONDITIONS
Donovan Vincent
Staff reporter
Conditions appear to be getting better for the men of Muslim and Middle Eastern background detained in Toronto since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, say their lawyers.
Although officials still refuse to say how many people have been detained, lawyers representing some of the [...]
Formal U.S. request for Al- Hadi extradition contains no link to September 11
November 20, 2001
Formal U.S. request for Al- Hadi extradition contains no link to September 11
James McCarten
Sympatico NewsExpress: National- Full Story
TORONTO (CP)- the U.S. Department of Justice has formally asked Canada to extradite a Yemeni man languishing in a tiny jail cell in Toronto since the day terrorists attacked New York and Washington.
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Extradition request filed for Yemeni man
November 20, 2001
Extradition request filed for Yemeni man
Toronto Star
The United States has files a formal extradition request for a Yemeni man in custody in Toronto, but the documents don’t mention any charges relating to September 11, the day he was detained, his lawyers say.
The U.S. government sent the documents to Canadian [...]
U.S. seeks extradition for T.O. prisoner
November 20, 2001
U.S. seeks extradition for T.O. prisoner
Sam Pazzano
Courts Bureau
Toronto Sun
The U.S. justice department has formally asked Canada to extradite a Yemeni man languishing in a Toronto jail cell since the terrorist attacks on the United States.
American authorities apparently plan to prosecute Nageeb Al- Hadi- whose luggage contained several passports [...]
AL- HADI DETERIORATING IN JAIL, LAWYER SAYS
November 22, 2001
AL- HADI DETERIORATING IN JAIL, LAWYER SAYS
Terror suspect arrested at Pearson Airport Sept. 11
From Canadian Press
Deliberate foot- dragging by American authorities has left a Yemeni national who was jailed in Toronto the day of the U.S. terror attacks a “withered and broken man,‚” his lawyer says.
Nageeb Abdul Jabar [...]
Yemeni detainee to fight passport charges
November 23, 2001
Yemeni detainee to fight passport charges
Sam Pazzano
Courts Bureau
The Toronto Sun
A Yemeni man will go to trial December 19 to fight extradition charges to the U.S. after two Lufthansa airlines crew uniforms and false passports were found in his luggage on a flight to Chicago.
Lawyer Gary Batasar, who represents Nageed [...]
DRIVERS NOT GUILTY OF STREET RACING
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DRIVERS NOT GUILTY OF STREET RACING
Louie Rosella
Staff
The Mississauga News
Two Mississauga drivers charges with street racing causing an expectant mother to lose her unborn child have been acquitted of criminal negligence causing bodily harm. Alexandru Bejinariu, 20, left Superior Court Friday with his family after Justice Hugh Atwood found him [...]
Teen often raced cars, crown says
Teen often raced cars, crown says
Accused granted bail in collision that injured three
Bob Mitchell
Peel/ Halton Bureau Chief
A Mississauga teenager, charged after three people were injured and a woman’s 6- month- old fetus was killed in a street race, regularly races his father’s car, the crown has told a court.
Alexandru Bejinariu, 18, [...]
Man guilty of making child porn at home
Monday, April 9, 2001
Man guilty of making child porn at home
Bob Mitchell
Peel/ Halton Bureau Chief
A Brampton man has been convicted of making child pornography, but the case against him has turned out to be anything but the sensational one Peel Region police said it was.
Police described John Brian Wyton, 52, as [...]
Man who made porn jailed
Friday, May 4, 2001
Man who made porn jailed
A Brampton man has been sentenced to 36 months in prison after being convicted of several offences, including the making of child pornography.
John Brian Wyton, 51, has also been ordered to submit a DNA sample to the Canadian data bank and is prohibited from possessing [...]
SENTENCING TUESDAY IN CHILD PORN CASE
SENTENCING TUESDAY IN CHILD PORN CASE
Defence asks for sentence of “time served”; Crown wants 6
Pam Douglas
Staff writer
A Brampton man who pleaded guilty to child pornography and assault charges should be sentenced to “time served,” his lawyer has told a judge.
In sharp contrast, the Crown counsel is asking for a six year sentence [...]
WYTON GETS 36 MONTHS FOR CHILD PORN, ASSAULT
WYTON GETS 36 MONTHS FOR CHILD PORN, ASSAULT
Pam Douglas
Staff writer
A Brampton man was sentenced to 36 months in jail after pleading guilty to child pornography and assault charges.
John Brian Wyton, 51, of McMurchy Ave. was sentenced yesterday. Justice Bruce Duncan recommended he serve his time at the Ontario Institute of Corrections [...]
POLICE MUST WADE THROUGH 600 PORN TAPES
April 2001
POLICE MUST WADE THROUGH 600 PORN TAPES
Some victims believed to be as young as 10
Bob Mitchell
Peel/ Halton Bureau Chief
A group of Peel Region police officers will spend the next several months looking at movies, some homemade, some Hollywood blockbusters.
They won‚’t enjoy a single frame.
Their gut-wrenching task will be [...]
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 [...]