Massage therapist handed house arrest, probation for molesting women
Sexually assaulting four female clients won’t result in a jail term for a Calgary massage therapist.
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Animal cruelty cases handled by two forces in Alberta
A Horse Canada report concerning a woman who has been charged by the Alberta Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Alberta SPCA), and the RCMP with cruelty involving 65 horses.
The Dark Horse
He was an underdog from the beginning. Formative years imprinted grit and durability into his persona as an advocate. Here’s how criminal defence lawyer, Greg Dunn melds his rural roots with his profession.
Court of Appeal says Calgary judge erred by refusing to accept plea bargain
Refusing to accept a plea bargain for a bank teller who provided intelligence for robbers, including her boyfriend, was an error, Alberta’s top court ruled Thursday in reducing her sentence.
Bank heist teller freed after jail term reduced to 6 months — saving her from deportation
A former bank teller who helped her boyfriend and his friends rob a Bank of Montreal at gunpoint will be released from jail today after having her sentence reduced to an "arguably lenient" six months in jail by the Alberta Court of Appeal.
Court of Appeal says judge erred in not accepting plea bargain for teller who helped bank robbers
Refusing to accept a plea bargain for a bank teller who provided intelligence for robbers, including her boyfriend, was an error, Alberta’s top court ruled Thursday in reducing her sentence.
Crown defends judge who rejected plea bargain for bank teller involved in heist
Trial judges aren’t required to “rubber stamp” plea bargains worked out between the Crown and defence, a prosecutor said Monday in supporting the sentence handed a bank teller who helped out a heist.
Lawyer for massage therapist needs time to review disclosure
The lawyer for a Calgary massage therapist charged with sexually assaulting a client needs time to review disclosure before proceeding on the case. An agent for defence counsel Greg Dunn appeared in provincial court Thursday and asked that Greg Howden’s case be adjourned to early September.
Bank teller who plotted heist getting boot from Canada
Kenza Belakziz bank robbery insider outside the Calgary Court Centre, Belakziz, 22, pleaded guilty a week ago to conspiracy to commit robbery in connection with a Nov. 26, 2014, heist at a Mission Bank of Montreal where she worked.
Woman jailed in bank robbery seeks bail pending appeal
The former bank teller jailed for her role in a brazen Calgary heist nearly four years ago will remain behind bars, for now.
Calgary bank teller convicted of aiding heist appeals conviction
A bank teller who pleaded guilty to aiding in a 2014 heist at the Mission branch where she worked has appealed her conviction and is asking for an interim release in the case that could force her to be deported from Canada.
Here’s What It Takes to Justify Killing Someone In Self-Defence in Canada
Calgary lawyer Greg Dunn told VICE what that it means, if you’re defending your own life, you have to have a “reasonable belief that you’re in danger.”
Teller who helped bank robbers handed 18-month jail term
Dunn had argued a medical report that indicated Belakziz, 24, suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety.
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Drunk driving to be largely decriminalized in Alberta in 2018
Changes are coming to the way drunk drivers are policed and prosecuted in Alberta with the provincial government set to issue a directive to police that will largely decriminalize impaired driving, CBC News has learned.
Judge rejects light sentence for insider in bank heist
Saying it would bring the administration of justice into disrepute, a Calgary judge on Tuesday declined to sentence a Calgary woman to just six months for setting up a bank heist.
Editorial: Jail teller for longer
In Nov. 26, 2014 [the accused], a young teller provided information to her boyfriend and two other men to assist them in carrying out a bank robbery. Prosecutor Ryan Jenkins and defence counsel Greg Dunn want the judge hearing her case to sentence [the accused] to six months, less a day, in jail and place her on probation for two years.
Judge concerned deal for insider on bank robbery too sweet
The proposed sentence would give [the accused], a Moroccan citizen who has lived in North America for most of her life, a better shot at avoiding deportation, Dunn said.
Teller involved in bank robbery at risk of deportation
Initially police arrested the three robbers, believing [the accused] was a victim before they realized it was an inside job. She was arrested in December 2014. Last week, she pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit a robbery.
‘Uncharacteristic’ events get 27-year-old in unfamiliar trouble
The incident was one that “snowballed quickly,” said defence counsel for [the accused] Wednesday at the Medicine Hat Courthouse. And it was “uncharacteristic” of his 27-year-old client who has no prior criminal record. [The accused] will be allowed to serve his sentence over weekends.
Man sentenced 9 years in connection to decade-old murder
The fatal shooting of a man thought to be working for a rival drug dealer garnered a Calgary man a nine-year sentence Monday.
Man sentenced 9 years for his role in killing over drug dispute
[The accused] was already serving a manslaughter sentence for the December 2006 slaying of Victim 1 when he was given the latest stint in prison by Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Kristine Eidsvik for gunning down Victim 2 and dumping his body in a field east of Calgary.
Lawyers for four men charged in violent robberies seek stay due to unreasonable delay
[The accused] and the others were arrested Feb. 24, 2014, and because of late disclosure by the Crown, Kothari said, isn't set to go to trial until early 2018.
Accused kidnappers should walk free because of 'mismanaged' case, say lawyers
Hasson Wilson, Ivan Willis, Abraham Latife and Jamar Sterling are accused in a string of armed grocery store robberies, including one where a manager was kidnapped.
Man at centre of 2013 racist assault against Calgary cabbie receiving death threats, lawyer says
A frame grab from a video, recorded in November 2013, the man berates cabbie in an expletive-laced diatribe, hurling racist insults and comparing him to a bomb-packing terrorist. Courtesy of Global Calgary article.
Calgary cab passenger who hurled insults at driver and allegedly assaulted him no longer with last-known employer
The Calgary criminal lawyer for a man who verbally and physically attacked a city cabbie two years ago said his client offered an apology and paid compensation. And he claims that charges were laid by police for the videotaped assault but later dropped due to lack of evidence.
