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Dean Pritchard

Dean Pritchard

Courts Reporter / Justice Reporter at Winnipeg Free Press Online

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Woman charged with killing animals fights for bail

A Winnipeg woman in custody accused of torturing and killing animals for profit will learn Thursday if she will be released on bail. Irene Lima, 55, is charged with nearly three dozen animal cruelty-r...
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Anger erupts after accused changes plea to ‘not guilty’ in woman’s ...

A sentencing hearing for a man charged with the slaying of 20-year-old Mackaylah Gerard-Roussin was thrown into disarray Monday after his lawyer told court he had received “a change in instruction” an...
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‘I was just something to throw away’: woman describes terrifying ab...

She was held bound and captive by strangers before being stuffed into a duffel bag, tossed in a garbage bin and left to die on a cold winter night. Almost one year to the day later, the 27-year-old wo...
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Man pleads guilty to manslaughter in slaying, burning of victim he ...

A Winnipeg man whose charred remains were found in a Point Douglas parking lot last year was fatally attacked hours earlier by a man who thought he was a sex offender, a court has heard. Tyrus Mann, 2...
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Slain drug dealer’s family from Toronto attends teen killer’s heari...

As gunfire tore through a Bannatyne Avenue drug house, a 15-year-old boy hiding in a bedroom shot and killed a fellow drug dealer, mistaking him for one of their attackers, a court heard Wednesday.
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Killer in Portage Avenue bar shooting to serve at least 12 years

A Winnipeg man who waited outside a Portage Avenue bar before killing Lawrence Pruden in a hail of gunfire has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 12 years. Bryce Walker, 22,...
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Manitoba judge sentences Ukrainian newcomer’s Canada Day 2022 attacker

A Winnipeg man who stabbed a newly arrived Ukrainian refugee in the neck during an unprovoked Canada Day attack at The Forks has been sentenced to four years in custody. Jayden Kyle Martin, 22, previo...
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Killers fuelled by bad blood plead guilty in Winnipeg court

A St. Norbert man who was slain in his home had been in a feud with one of his killers that escalated when they started dating each other’s ex-girlfriends, a court heard this week. Salah Falah Hasan,...
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Trial begins into 2023 sexual assault allegations by priest on remo...

A Little Grand Rapids priest kissed a young girl on the lips before stripping down and inviting her to have a shower with him, a judge was told Tuesday, the first day of the man’s trial. Arul Savari,...
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Manitoba court overturns woman’s manslaughter conviction

Manitoba’s highest court has overturned a manslaughter conviction for a Dauphin woman who fatally stabbed her daughter’s common-law partner, ruling the trial judge did not properly assess whether she...
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Teen who lured man to his death sentenced as adult

An Interlake-area teen who admitted luring a Winnipeg man to his death at Assiniboine Park has been sentenced as an adult to life in prison with no chance of parole for seven years. The now 19-year-ol...
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Proper social supports could have prevented fatal fire, court told;...

Two Winnipeg seniors would still be alive had Ethan Powderhorn received the social supports he needed before setting a $1-million blaze at a downtown Manitoba Housing complex, a lawyer for the 28-year-old mentally disabled man told a judge Monday.
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Mom accepts responsibility for stabbing son, 6, while high on meth

A Manitoba woman who stabbed her six-year-old son in the chest while under the influence of methamphetamine has abandoned a bid to be found not criminally responsible for the shocking July 2023 attack...
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Man accused in U of M dorm attack vowed to ‘do well’ outside prison

A convicted sex offender accused in the recent attack on a sleeping woman at a University of Manitoba dormitory told court earlier this year he wanted to “do well” in the community after completing hi...
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Former hockey coach pleads guilty to sexually assaulting teen player

Former youth hockey coach Madison Biluk, 29, pleaded guilty in Winnipeg court Wednesday to sexually assaulting one of her players. As a result, the Crown stayed a dozen additional sexual assault- and child pornography-related charges.
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Passenger in car that killed cyclist fails in bid to have driving p...

A Winnipeg man arrested following a high-speed crash that killed a 61-year-old cyclist has lost a bid to get back behind the wheel. Lyle Barker-Young,18, was a passenger and leaseholder of a 2013 BMW...
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Winnipeg woman admits to physically abusing, starving kid

A 46-year-old woman is facing a likely 12-year prison sentence after admitting to subjecting a young child in her care to four years of abuse, starvation and virtual imprisonment in her Arlington Stre...
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Wheel man in fatal robbery admitted role because it was ‘right thin...

Wheel man in fatal robbery admitted role because it was ‘right thing to do,’ trial hears
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‘Monster’ to serve at least 16 years for killing wife, two young ch...

Patrick Murphy wiped tears from his eyes as he locked his gaze on the man who murdered his daughter and two young grandchildren, and listened as a Crown attorney gave voice to his pain in a Winnipeg c...
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Cyclist killed in Winnipeg hit-and-run was struck at 159 km/h

A Winnipeg man has admitted he was driving at least 159 km/h seconds before a fatal hit-and-run collision with a 61-year-old cyclist that sparked demands for greater bike safety on city streets. Ninet...
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Winnipeg man sentenced to 8 years for 2023 fatal stabbing

Editor’s note: This story’s text has been removed to comply with a publication order.