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Alleged marijuana courier charged in Project Forseti pleads guilty
An alleged marijuana courier for a man who is serving a prison term in connection with the Project Forseti drug raids in Saskatoon has pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana for the purpose of...
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14 inmates charged in connection to riot at Saskatoon Correctional Centre
Fourteen inmates are charged with taking part in a riot after allegedly breaking windows and setting small fires in a high-security unit of the Saskatoon Correctional Centre. Some of the accused men...
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Saskatoon man accused of killing 18-year-old sent for psychiatric assessment
The man accused in Saskatoon’s fifth homicide of 2016 will undergo a 30-day psychiatric assessment to determine his fitness to stand trial. Walid Adam Mohamed, 29, is charged with the first-degree...
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Direct indictment sends men accused in Project Forseti straight to trial
Charges against three men arrested in connection with the massive Project Forseti drug raids in Saskatoon last year are so serious that the Crown has filed a rare, direct indictment with the Court of...
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'A stupid mistake:' man fined for drunkenly stealing WestJet megaphone on...
It was a “stupid mistake.” The Crown, defence and judge repeated that phrase Thursday during the sentencing of a man who drunkenly stole a megaphone on a WestJet flight from Toronto to Saskatoon last...
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'You deal with people at their very best and their very worst:' Deputy Chief,...
After 40 years with the Saskatoon Police Service, you can bet Deputy Chief Bernie Pannell and Inspector Rick Penny have a lot of stories. Speaking with The Saskatoon StarPhoenix’s Bre McAdam, the...
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Wife's suspicion led to recording of alleged murder plot, trial hears
PRINCE ALBERT — Curtis Vey’s wife Brigitte planted a recording device under a table when she suspected her husband was cheating on her, a jury heard Tuesday as the murder conspiracy trial of two rural...
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Woman who recorded husband's alleged plot to kill her expected to testify
PRINCE ALBERT — A woman whose sneaking suspicion of her husband’s infidelity led to a recording of an alleged murder plot — which involved her dying in a house fire — is expected to take the stand...
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Murder conspiracy trial hears secret recording of alleged plot
PRINCE ALBERT — In a secretly-taped recording played in court during the second day of the conspiracy to commit murder trial of Angela Nicholson and Curtis Vey, court heard a conversation between the...
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Accused in murder conspiracy plot denied planning to kill wife
On July 6, 2013, just five days after he was recorded discussing an alleged murder plot, Curtis Vey told a police officer he loved his wife and never talked about, or thought, of killing her. “I can’t...
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Vey confronted with lies during second police interview
In a police interview on July 7, 2013, two officers presented a man accused of plotting to kill his wife with the evidence against him — revealing inconsistent statements. The day before, Curtis Vey...
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Woman says she went along with murder plot out of love, but couldn't have...
PRINCE ALBERT — In an interview with police, Angela Nicholson said she agreed to go along with Curtis Vey’s idea for her to light his house on fire by leaving a pot on a lit stove after Vey slipped...
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Man accused of conspiring to commit murder says plot was just talk
Curtis Vey, the Wakaw man on trial for conspiring to kill his wife and his girlfriend’s husband, told a police officer that when he discussed giving sleeping pills to his wife and potentially setting...
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Alleged murder plot was ruse to get back at family, Vey told undercover cop
PRINCE ALBERT — Speaking to a cellmate shortly after his arrest, Curtis Vey said he told his alleged co-conspirator that his wife was recording him and asked her to make it look like they were having...
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'I was lying to myself,' Vey tells undercover cop
It was a 30-hour conversation in which Curtis Vey eventually told an undercover police officer that he was lying to himself and his family — about exactly what, he didn’t say. The comment was made at...
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'You want that happy ending,' Nicholson tearfully said in conversation with...
A Melfort woman on trial accused of plotting to kill her husband and her boyfriend’s wife told an undercover police officer that although she Googled “grease fires” after she and Curtis Vey discussed...
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Closing arguments heard in Nicholson, Vey murder conspiracy trial, jury...
PRINCE ALBERT — Talking and fantasizing about the deaths of their spouses was “offensive and stupid”, but it doesn’t mean there was a criminal conspiracy between Angela Nicholson and Curtis Vey to...
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Jury deliberations underway in murder conspiracy trial of Angela Nicholson...
PRINCE ALBERT — Jury deliberations have begun at the murder conspiracy trial of Angela Nicholson and Curtis Vey, where jurors have the option of finding one of the accused guilty and the other not...
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Murder conspiracy trial awaits verdict
After more than a day of deliberations, there is still no verdict in the murder conspiracy trial of Angela Nicholson and Curtis Vey. However, the jury did ask three questions during Saturday’s...
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Defence weighs in on challenge of proving conspiracy
The criminal charge of conspiracy is so rare that Saskatchewan defence lawyers Ron Piche and Aaron Fox — a combined experience of about 65 years between them — have only dealt with the charge once or...
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