Eighth person charged in Megan Gallagher homicide held in custody
Robin Tyler John is charged with aggravated assault and unlawful confinement. He will be held in custody until his next court date on Oct. 6.
View ArticleMan sought mental health help before domestic assault, court hears
He admitted punching his wife and threatening to kill her after he was turned away from the hospital because there were no beds available.
View ArticleSamandeep Jhinger died of ligature strangulation: forensic pathologist
Dr. Shaun Ladham testified about the cause of death during the second week of Ranbir Dhull's first-degree murder trial in Saskatoon.
View Article'It's overwhelming': Six of nine people accused in Megan Gallagher homicide...
"The number that disturbs me the most is one woman, and nine people so far. It's not acceptable by any standards," Gallagher's father said.
View ArticleJudge orders a government-funded lawyer for Fertuck before withdrawal hearing
The lawyer will advise Fertuck on his options should his lawyers withdraw on Oct. 24, according to Justice Richard Danyliuk's latest fiat.
View ArticleCanevaro gets eight years for role in Allan Garrioch murder
Joshua Canevaro pleaded guilty to being a party to the offences of breaking and entering, kidnapping with a firearm and unlawful confinement.
View ArticleNorthwoods Inn owner John Pontes gets suspended sentence for assault; sexual...
On Monday, Pontes, 79, pleaded guilty to assaulting a female employee in 2019 and received a two-year suspended sentence.
View ArticleDirect indictment sends man to trial for girl's riverbank sex assault in...
Mohammad Kouman, 24, will go to trial without a preliminary hearing after a direct indictment was read Tuesday in Saskatoon King's Bench court.
View ArticleMurder trial adjourned to 2023 after defence requests expert witness
Stephen and Telaina Swiftwolfe-Lewis, charged with second-degree murder in the death of Dartagnan Whitehead, were supposed to be tried by a jury this week.
View ArticleSaskatoon man sentenced for 2021 armed robbery spree
Robert Alex Cherneski, 55, received a six-year sentence for using a knife during six armed robberies over a 10-day period in October 2021.
View ArticleCrown says Ranbir Dhull murdered his wife's cousin; defence argues it was...
The defence said there is "considerable doubt" that the killer was Dhull. The Crown said fingerprints, DNA and a confession prove otherwise.
View ArticleSask. drug trafficker found with loaded guns sold drugs to support family,...
In a car, police found 40 grams of meth, 27 grams of cocaine, several types of pills and a loaded sawed-off shotgun.
View ArticleMedicine man Cecil Wolfe fires lawyer amid sexual assault sentencing
A new date to continue sentencing will be chosen on Nov. 30. Wolfe did not provide any reasons why he chose to proceed with a new lawyer.
View ArticleLawyers consent to release woman accused in death at Crazy Cactus
Paige Theriault-Fisher, 22, was released Thursday on $5,000 cash bail and conditions while her manslaughter case proceeds through Saskatoon court.
View ArticleClosing arguments made at Saskatoon child abuse, neglect trial
A Saskatoon judge will decide next year if a woman and her boyfriend are guilty of assaulting, confining and neglecting two young boys.
View Article'She was something else,' says mother of Saskatoon homicide victim
Nykera Brown's mother says Andrew Steven Rosenfeldt, the man accused of killing her, was Nykera's boyfriend.
View ArticleGreg Fertuck chooses to represent himself for remainder of murder trial
Despite being advised about the benefits of a lawyer, Fertuck said he is an "innocent victim" and wants to represent himself.
View ArticleRepeat child porn offender sentenced for third time in Saskatoon
The 24-year-old man continues to breach his release orders by using the internet to access child pornography, court heard.
View ArticleOne of three men accused of murder in James Swift death near Warman released...
Colton Lischka, 29, was released from custody on conditions earlier this month. Anthony Burley and Ashtin Ritzand remain in custody.
View ArticleMan sentenced for breaking into woman's Saskatoon apartment with gun
Court heard he was breaching a no-contact order when he stormed into an ex's Avenue P South apartment suite, unwanted, on March 16, 2021.
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