Daryl Slade
Calgary Herald
Calgary, AB, Canada
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Rasberry sentenced to seven years for stabbing neighbour to death
Nicholas Rasberry was sentenced to seven years in prison Friday for stabbing neighbour Craig Kelloway to death after a get-together at Rasberry's home. The Crown was seeking a 15-year sentence in the case, while the defence said time served was sufficient. → Read More
Senior jailed four years for fourth arson; three were at hospitals
Saying he is a high-risk to reoffend and must be removed from the community for the protection of the public, a judge has sentenced a 67-year-old, four-time convicted arsonist to prison for four years. → Read More
'Wrong place, wrong time': Grow-op charges against veteran firefighter dropped
A district chief and nearly 30-year member of the Calgary Fire Dept. could be back to work as soon as this week after charges related to a marijuana grow operation against him and his female partner were withdrawn on Monday, says his lawyer. → Read More
Christopher Dunlop sentenced to 13 years for death of Laura Furlan
Christopher Dunlop has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for fatally choking sex trade worker Laura Furlan and dumping her naked body in Fish Creek Park more than six years ago. → Read More
Former law firm legal assistant admits defrauding employers of $520,000
A former legal assistant with Bennett Jones law firm in Calgary has admitted to defrauding her employers of more than a half-million dollars over an eight-year period. → Read More
Dayhome operator pleads guilty to manslaughter in death of toddler, but details remain unknown
On the morning of May 2, 2012, Dan Wolfsmith dropped off his 21-month-old daughter Mackenzy at the southeast Calgary dayhome of Caitlin Jarosz in good faith, the same way he and wife Jen had done for a year. → Read More
Former Young Canadians administrator faces hearing on sex charges
Phillip Heerema, a longtime administrator with the Calgary Stampede's Young Canadians performance group, faces a two-week preliminary hearing next summer on sexual-related charges against several teenage boys from the 1990s. → Read More
Laura Coward to face trial in 2017 for first-degree murder of daughter, 9
A 49-year-old mother faces a six-week jury trial starting Feb. 21, 2017, in the death of her nine-year-old daughter, whose body was found in a truck on a rural road near Sundre last year. Laura Coward, who was ordered fit to stand trial on Sept. → Read More
Christopher Dunlop sentencing in Laura Furlan strangulation set for Dec. 2
Sentencing arguments for a man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter last month in the strangulation of Calgary sex-trade worker Laura Furlan will be heard by Court of Queen's Bench Justice Kristine Eidsvik on Dec. 2. → Read More
Nick Rasberry sentencing in manslaughter of neighbour Craig Kelloway set for Dec. 2
Sentencing arguments for a Calgary man convicted last week of manslaughter in the stabbing death of his neighbour during a social visit at the offender's Auburn Bay S.E. home two years ago are scheduled for Dec. 2 before Justice Robert Hall. → Read More
Livia Starlight, accused of killing her toddler, will go directly to trial
A woman from the Tsuu T'ina Nation charged over the summer with second-degree murder in the death of her two-year-old son last year will go directly to trial at Court of Queen's Bench without a preliminary hearing. → Read More
Neo-Nazi killer Robert Reitmeier's second-degree murder appeal rejected
The Alberta Court of Appeal has ruled that it was proper for the jury to hear several intercepted conversations between accused killer, neo-Nazi Robert Reitmeier, and his co-accused that included racist and political overtones. → Read More
Stampede slaying: Charges upgraded to manslaughter after stabbing victim dies
Stampede stabbing charges upgraded to manslaughter after victim dies → Read More
'We need to be better drivers': Husband's plea after wife's killer gets maximum $2,000 fine
Edwin Yim Chau handed the maximum $2,000 fine and a three-month driving ban after killing Shelley Pauletto. → Read More
Accused killer of Christa Cachene makes first court appearance
An 18-year-old man made his first appearance Monday in provincial court since he was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Calgary mother Christa Cachene. → Read More
Convicted wife killer again seeks early parole of life sentence
A 76-year-old Calgary man convicted of strangling his common-law wife Joanne Kotyk on July 31, 1995, and sentenced to life with no parole for 25 years, is making another attempt at gaining early freedom. → Read More
Father and son face 2017 trial on charges of inciting hatred
A three-week jury trial has been set to begin Jan. 30, 2017, for a Calgary father and son, who face charges of public incitement of hatred and defamatory libel. Court of Queen's Bench Justice Earl Wilson, who will preside over the trial for Milan Papez Sr., 74, and Milan Papez Jr. → Read More
'People should come forward, because they took my brother's life': Stabbing victim's family hears his final words through police officer
It was a difficult ordeal for Gabriel Okeynan's family members of to sit in court and listen to his final words, even if it was through a police officer's testimony. → Read More
Is stabbing a man 37 times after sexual advances an act of self-defence? Judge weighs key question in Rasberry case
The judge presiding over Nicholas Rasberry's second-degree murder trial did not get to hear directly from the accused, although he certainly heard plenty of what he had to say over the last week — first in his 911 call after fatally stabbing Craig Kelloway on May 4, 2o13, and then in a 2. → Read More
Rasberry stabbed Kelloway 37 times before calling 911 and pleading self-defence, court hears
Craig Kelloway sustained 37 stab wounds in the deadly confrontation with Nick Rasberry on May 4, 2013, the forensic pathologist who performed the autopsy on the Calgary man testified in court on Wednesday. → Read More