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Gang member gets eight years for prolonged basement torture
A Saskatoon provincial court judge imposed an eight-year prison sentence on Friday for a crime he called “cruel and horrific.” Kyle Landon Neapetung tied up Brenden Peters in a basement and tortured...
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Attempted murder trial begins for teen accused of frying pan assault
A 15-year-old boy is being tried as an adult at Court of Queen’s Bench in Saskatoon for allegedly trying to kill a man by slashing his throat and hitting him in the head with a frying pan. The teen is...
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Hells Angels member, cocaine trafficker Robert Allen gets 12 months in jail
Jail time is necessary, but should be on the low end of the sentencing spectrum for a Hells Angels member convicted of offering to traffic cocaine, a Saskatoon provincial court judge has ruled. Justice...
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Teen pleads out to lesser charge during attempted murder trial
The motive for a vicious attack that left a 57-year-old man stabbed in the throat and beaten with a baseball bat — not a frying pan, as initially thought — will likely remain a mystery. Two very...
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Video: Bre McAdam's Saskatoon court wrap for May 12
Watch: In a regular feature, StarPhoenix court reporter Bre McAdam talks about some of the cases that went through Saskatoon courts this week.
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Self-taught farming whiz helped make the Prairies Canada's breadbasket
Often referred to as the “Wheat Wizard of Rosthern,” Seager Wheeler’s tireless research, dedication and execution in the world of farming helped put the prairies on the map of Canada. Wheeler came to...
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Repeat robber gets six years for robbing two Saskatoon businesses
A Saskatoon judge sentenced Gary Alexander Iron to six years in prison for robbing two businesses in the city within a two-week period in 2014. When Iron entered the Broadway Avenue Booster Juice on...
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Man awaits sentence for ramming truck at 113 km/hr, injuring people inside
Moments before their truck was rammed from behind, people inside described hearing the approach of a “high-revving” engine as they were stopped at the intersection of 22nd Street and Avenue P in...
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Saskatoon woman Alexa Emerson now faces 83 charges for bomb threats, white...
A scheduled bail hearing for Alexa Emerson, the woman facing numerous charges for allegedly sending bomb threats and white powder packages to schools and businesses in and around Saskatoon, did not go...
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Joseph 'David' Caissie, man accused of killing Carol King, committed to stand...
Joseph ‘David’ Caissie, the man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend Carol King near Herschel, Sask. in 2011, has been committed to stand trial for first-degree murder and offering an indignity to a...
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Bre McAdam's Saskatoon court wrap for May 19
Watch: In a regular feature, StarPhoenix court reporter Bre McAdam talks about some of the cases that went through Saskatoon courts this week.
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Jail time for man convicted of defrauding Sask. Workers' Compensation Board...
The red flag that led to the largest fraud case in the history of the Saskatchewan Worker’s Compensation Board (WCB) appeared when a case worker requested further evidence of Larry Hayter’s employment...
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Victim 'afraid to have a family' because he was sexually abused by father,...
A Saskatoon man has been sentenced to five years in prison for sexually abusing his son and stepdaughter while they were both under 16 years old. The man, who cannot be named to protect the identities...
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Man sentenced for gun trafficking during Project Forseti investigation
According to his lawyer, Steven Douglas James Mychan was a “meth head” living in a “meth house” when he trafficked an SKS rifle to a man who was under police surveillance. Police were watching Noel...
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Two more Fallen Saints members plead guilty to criminal organization offences
Two members of the Fallen Saints Motorcycle Club have pleaded guilty to organized crime charges laid in 2015 following an investigation targeting the Fallen Saints and Hells Angels. On Friday, Ryan...
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'He would haunt me in my dreams': victim speaks at sentencing hearing for man...
Warning: disturbing content A woman who was sexually assaulted as a child says she still has to lock her bedroom door — even though she lives with her partner and child. During the 10 years it took...
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Normand Lavoie pleads guilty in crash that killed three Carrot River teens
MELFORT — Family members of three Carrot River teens killed in a construction zone crash near Spalding, Sask. sobbed as they heard the boys’ names read out in Melfort Court of Queen’s Bench on Tuesday....
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Sentencing hearing for teen who killed baby Nikosis delayed after lawyer...
Jeffery Longman wonders how many more times he will have to sit in court before the girl who pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of his grandson will be sentenced. The sentencing hearing for the...
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'He snapped': Sask RCMP officer who assaulted teen during arrest 'was not fit...
A Saskatchewan RCMP officer who hit, tackled and choked a 19-year-old man suspected of breaking into vehicles in Warman last year “was not fit for duty that evening,” his lawyer says. Cpl. Dean...
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Warman RCMP officer who admitted hitting, choking man during arrest gets...
There will be no criminal record for a Saskatchewan RCMP officer who hit a man in the face, slammed him against a police car and choked him during an arrest in Warman last year. On Wednesday, Cpl. Dean...
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