Dean Pritchard
Winnipeg Sun
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Blackout drunk when I ran over sis: Accused
A woman who ran over her sister two times with a truck told a jury Tuesday she was in an alcohol-induced blackout and has little memory of the fatal attack. → Read More
Sisters' argument turned physical, then fatal: Friend
A fatal sister-on-sister attack was preceded by hours of heavy drinking and heated recriminations, a jury heard Monday. → Read More
Suspects didn't seem ‘too concerned about victim’: Cops
Suspects questioned at the scene of a North End drinking party where a man was beaten to death appeared to show no concern for the victim's welfare, jurors were told Monday. → Read More
Homicide scene looked staged, say cops
Police investigating the killings of a Winnipeg woman and her male friend arrived to a scene soaked in blood and showing signs of possible staging, jurors heard Friday. → Read More
Cop's window overlooked crime scene
RCMP Const. Joshua Dauphinee was asleep at his Little Grand Rapids home when at 5 a.m., June 11, 2013 he was awakened by the sounds of a violent crime being committed right outside his bedroom window, a jury heard Friday. → Read More
Ran over sis, but didn't mean to kill her: Accused
A trial has begun for a Little Grand Rapids woman accused of intentionally running over and killing her sister. → Read More
Jealousy fuelled killing
A man on trial for killing his ex-girlfriend and another man confessed he believed the two had been sleeping together, a jury heard Wednesday. → Read More
Parents hid grandpa's sex abuse
A Manitoba senior who molested six of his granddaughters could have been arrested much earlier had the victims' parents not sheltered him, a court heard Tuesday. → Read More
Mountie sick, not criminal
A former Mountie arrested in possession of six handguns seven years after he had been entrusted to destroy them was spared a criminal record when a judge ruled he was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. → Read More
Beaten to death for not 'socially engaging' enough
A Winnipeg man has been sentenced to seven years in prison after a harmless slight sparked a vicious, fatal beating. → Read More
Two-time fraudster gets more jail
A Manitoba woman already serving a two-year jail sentence for stealing from her employer has been sentenced to another nine months in custody for committing the same offence while free on bail. → Read More
Giesbrecht was mom: Prosecutors
A soiled sanitary napkin is the focus of evidence prosecutors allege points to Andrea Giesbrecht as being the mother of six babies whose remains were found hidden in a U-Haul storage locker. → Read More
Rape, murder conviction appealed
A man found guilty of raping and murdering Gina Swanson in her Winnipeg home is appealing his conviction. → Read More
Court overturns manslaughter conviction
Manitoba’s highest court has overturned a manslaughter conviction for a man who lashed out with fatal force when he was asked to leave a late-night drinking party. → Read More
Nine years for stabbing ex in heart
A Winnipeg woman who fatally stabbed her ex-girlfriend — while she was under a court order to have no contact with her — has been sentenced to nine years in prison. → Read More
Johnny G’s witness 'afraid for life'
A witness in the trial of a teen accused in the gang-on-gang killing of William Moar told court Thursday he feared he might be killed if he testified. → Read More
Perv Scout leader gets four years
A former Scouts Canada leader who sexually abused a teenage girl under his wing has been sentenced to four years in prison. → Read More
Witness recants, saying charity fund for girl probably wasn’t misused by her sister
A woman accused of draining her critically ill niece’s charity fund for her own gain took the witness stand Wednesday and told court she had done nothing wrong. → Read More
Guilty plea coming in homeless murders
A man arrested in the killings of three street people will plead guilty to three counts of second-degree murder, a court heard Wednesday. → Read More
Witness recants, says he'd rather go to jail
A Winnipeg gang member refused to testify Tuesday at the trial of a teen accused of killing a gang rival, telling court he wasn’t afraid to spend more time in jail. → Read More