Patricia Moore

The accused, charged with second-degree murder of his intimate partner, applied for bail pending trial.

At the time of the offence, he was on bail for breaking into the victim's home.

Following the killing, he fled to the United States and was apprehended 2.5 months later.

The accused proposed a release plan involving house arrest, GPS monitoring, and his mother and sister as sureties.

The court dismissed the application on all three grounds, finding the accused ungovernable, contemptuous of court orders, and a flight risk, and concluding that his proposed sureties could not adequately supervise him.

The defendant was charged with prohibited use of the left lane on King's Highway (Highway 401) while operating a commercial dump truck exceeding 6.5 meters in length, contrary to section 1(1) of Ontario Regulation 608.

The central legal issues were whether the prosecution must prove the defendant's knowledge of the prohibition, whether traffic signs are legally required on provincial highways, and whether the defendant established a due diligence defence.

The court found that the offence is one of strict liability, that no traffic sign is legally required on provincial highways, and that the defendant failed to establish due diligence.

The defendant was convicted.

The defendant was charged with two Highway Traffic Act offences: (1) driving with a hand-held communication device contrary to s. 78.1(1), and (2) failing to surrender a completed daily inspection report contrary to s. 107(7).

The defendant was observed by an MTO officer holding and typing on a cellphone while stopped at a red traffic light.

The defendant argued that being stopped at a red light does not constitute "driving" and that providing access to an electronic logbook satisfied the surrender requirement.

The court found that being stopped at a red light, when the vehicle is not in park mode, constitutes driving within the meaning of the statute.

The court also found that providing access to an electronic logbook without a completed inspection report containing all statutorily required information does not satisfy the surrender obligation.

The defendant was convicted on both counts.

Catherine Roberts pleaded guilty to fraud over $5,000, perpetrated over seven years as a branch manager at BMO, resulting in a loss of $277,787.78.

The court considered aggravating factors including breach of trust, sophistication, and duration, and mitigating factors such as no prior record, remorse, and family support.

The primary sentencing principles of general deterrence and denunciation were emphasized.

The court imposed a two-year custodial sentence, a restitution order for $277,787.78, and a fine in lieu of forfeiture for the same amount, with the restitution taking priority.

A conditional sentence was deemed inappropriate due to the lack of unique and exceptional circumstances.

The accused pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography and making child pornography available.

The offences occurred between April 2011 and May 2011.

Police investigation identified the accused's computer sharing 105 suspected child pornography files on a peer-to-peer network.

Upon execution of a search warrant, two laptops belonging to the accused were seized containing a total of 404 child pornography videos and 40 child pornography images—the largest collection of child pornography videos ever seized by the Waterloo Regional Police.

The court imposed a sentence of 12 months custody followed by 3 years probation, with ancillary orders including DNA collection, a section 161 order for 5 years, and lifetime registration under the Sex Offender Information Registration Act.