Did Constable Kristopher Karl Planetta Benefit From Police Sentencing Double-Standards?
Nobody – not the Crown Prosecutor, not the Defence Attorney and not the Judge – wanted Cape Breton Regional Police Constable Kristopher Karl Planetta to have a criminal record, despite the two findings of guilt for assaulting his ex-wife.
Brenda Ware’s Murder Epitomizes the Failure of Canada’s Justice System
Whether Philip Toner satisfied the criteria for ‘dangerous offender’ status or not, we clearly need a way of protecting unsuspecting Canadians from violent, repeat offenders like him.
Unfortunately, Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government is far more concerned with reducing sentences for habitual criminals than they are with protecting Canadians from those who would do them harm.
Membership has its Privileges: the Constable Adree Mohammed Zahara Story
On October 15, 2006, RCMP Constable Adree Mohammed Zahara fired nine bullets from her RCMP-issued pistol into the wall of her home during a domestic dispute with her partner, Constable Chuck Simm.
Constable Zahara pleaded guilty to careless use of a firearm and was sentenced to a slap on the wrist and probation.
Robert Poulin: 1975 St. Pius X High School Shooting
On the morning of October 27, 1975, 18-year-old Robert Poulin handcuffed his 17-year-old acquaintance Kim Rabot to his bed, raped and sodomized her and, when he was finished, stabbed her nine times.
Then he ate lunch.
Firearm Prohibition Order Imposed After Nasty Breakup
Mr. AP legally owed his firearms and possessed a valid Possession and Acquisition Licence.
But, and I’m sure I’ll receive hate mail for this, a valid PAL does not mean Mr. AP behaved rationally after his relationship ended.
It was Mr. AP ’s “unpredictable behaviour”, as testified to by Constable Jillian Pollett of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, that set this firearms prohibition ball in motion in the first place.
At What Point Do We Deny Bail to Repeat Offenders?
In the wake of Darian Henderson-Bellman’s senseless murder by Darnell Reid – a violent, repeat offender – anyone with a shred of common sense is screaming for changes to our justice system.
Those sensible calls for bail reform are, sadly, an affront to Andrew Puiras, a criminal defence lawyer from Sudbury, Ontario.
Darian Henderson-Bellman: A Cautionary Tale of Domestic Abuse and Murder
In today’s commentary I dig deeper into the story of Darian Hailey Henderson-Bellman’s senseless murder.
I do so in the hopes I can inspire this Liberal government – a government far more intent on virtue-signaling than taking action – to finally fix our broken Firearm Prohibition Order system so the next Darian Hailey Henderson-Bellman doesn’t have to die.
Darian Henderson-Bellman: Murdered Because of Another Firearm Prohibition Order Failure
On Tuesday, July 28, 2020, Darian Henderson-Bellman was murdered, shot dead in the ultimate act of domestic violence.
Instead of enjoying this August long weekend with family and friends, Darian Hailey Henderson-Bellman is dead because our government refuses to take seriously the threat of violent repeat offenders already prohibited from possessing firearms.
Jennifer Quesnel’s Murder: Another Firearm Prohibition Order Failure?
On Monday, June 1, 2020, every woman’s worst nightmare came true for Jennifer Quesnel. Her estranged husband, John Quesnel, shot and killed her with a gun he bought the same day from a friend on Salt Spring Island. The Quesnel’s 18-year marriage ended in a brutal act of selfishness and stupidity that orphaned the couple’s three young boys: Jake, Dan and John Jr.
Mark Chahal’s Revenge: Man Executes Estranged Wife and Her Entire Family
In less than five minutes, Mark Chahal wiped out the entire Gakhal family in the second deadliest mass shooting in Canadian history. “He told them he was going to make sure none of their other daughters would ever get married,” Balwinder Gakhal. “Nobody imagined he would be capable of doing this.”
Trudeau-Appointed Judge Condones Violence Against Women
Matthew Brown is responsible for his actions that night, from the time he decided to get high until he was arrested sitting on the bathroom floor of the second home he broke into.
That our courts rule otherwise is repulsive but, and I can’t even believe I’m saying this, not unexpected.
John LaFleche Bludgeons Wife and Two Young Children to Death With a Baseball Bat
Alcohol is no more responsible John LaFleche’s heinous actions than a gun is responsible for Gamil Gharbi’s heinous 1989 murders of 14 female engineers at École Polytechnique. Both men are responsible for their repugnant acts – not beer, not baseball bats and not guns.