Tony Spears
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Women 'unexpectedly' hit with hammer
A hammer-wielding menace with "really good" hair bashed five women over the head in a series of bizarre assaults, a court heard Tuesday. DNA evidence will show Nabil Benhsaien was responsible for the seemingly random attacks, which took place between 2010 and 2013, Crown prosecutor John Semenoff told a jury in his opening address. Benhsaien, 38, has pleaded not guilty to counts of aggravated… → Read More
Harper's ex-bandmate, Phillip Nolan, jailed 2 years for child sex raps
Former prime minister Stephen Harper’s ex-drummer — award-winning teacher Phillip Nolan — was sentenced to two years in jail Monday for trysts with a 13-year-old girl. → Read More
Ottawa's worst villains of 2015
The wife killer. The gentleman john. → Read More
Dogged lawyers embrace lonely pooches while owners locked up
The calls come at dinner or in the dead of night -- sometimes panicked, sometimes slurred, sometimes simply resigned. → Read More
Accused axe murderer was coldly rational: Crown
Accused Vanier axe murderer Adrian Daou might be schizophrenic but he wasn't so mentally ill that he didn't take steps to make sure he wouldn't get caught, a prosecutor suggested Tuesday. → Read More
KFC Transpo? Can sponsors solve Ottawa's cash woes?..
CIBC’s pledge to become a multi-million dollar, multi-year sponsor for the city’s 2017 festivities is being hailed as a big win for cash-strapped Ottawa's government facilities. → Read More
Obama made me do it: Accused axe killer Adrian Daou
The radio planted the idea and the sign on the truck said it was a good call -- thus the deadly plan hatched by the CIA and U.S. President Barack Obama gained inexorable momentum, a court heard Monday. → Read More
Taser-toting doctor avoids jail after john sting
A Taser-packing eye doctor busted on a notorious Vanier hooker stroll by a cop posing as a streetwalker avoided jail time Friday. → Read More
Taser-toting doctor avoids jail after john sting
A Taser-packing eye doctor busted on a notorious Vanier hooker stroll by a cop posing as a streetwalker avoided jail time Friday. → Read More
$10 Via rail station could cost city $123Gs
Via Rail wants the city to take a six-figure hit to its property tax revenue, arguing in court last month that Ottawa's main train station on Tremblay Rd. is worth just $10. → Read More
Alleged axe killer complained of 'demonic possession'
The alleged Vanier axe murderer -- who complained of → Read More
Sex criminal back in jail for drunk, stolen car crashXxONEPLAN:
Things are improving, in relative terms, for an Ottawa sex criminal who once struck fear in the hearts of the city's women when he went on an infamous 2012 pants-pulling spree. → Read More
Barmaid plundered ill mom's money
An aging Legion barmaid who defrauded her dementia-stricken mother and now-dead stepfather out of thousands of dollars avoided jail Tuesday. → Read More
Howard Richmond guilty of murdering wife Melissa
A Canadian soldier has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2013 killing of his wife. → Read More
Howard Richmond guilty of murdering wife Melissa
A Canadian soldier has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2013 killing of his wife. → Read More
Accused axe killer Adrian Daou 'trying to look tough': Ex-lover
The self-confessed Vanier axe killer was the Rodney Dangerfield of the Ottawa drug scene, his ex-girlfriend testified Monday. → Read More
Hooker said accused axe killer struck her with a rock
Accused streetwalker axe murderer Adrian Daou attacked another prostitute with a rock in the months before he allegedly killed Jennifer Stewart, a court heard Thursday. → Read More
Final arguments in PTSD killer case
Howard Richmond teetered on the edge of a "psychological cliff" before his post-traumatic stress disorder pushed him over the edge and into the deadly act that would claim the life of his beloved wife, a court heard Tuesday. Defence lawyer Joseph Addelman gave a stirring closing address as Richmond's first-degree murder trial drew to a close, pleading with the jury to find him not criminally… → Read More
Bizarre axe killing confession tapes stuns Adrian Daou's murder trial
Adrian Daou told police he had seen the ghost of the woman he'd hacked to death with an axe. → Read More
Cocaine dealer, again, convicted of first-degree murder
A middleman coke dealer was convicted — again — of first-degree murder Saturday and given a life sentence. → Read More