A jury has found Dean Penney guilty of first-degree murder. Jurors delivered the verdict in a Corner Brook courtroom Sunday morning after deliberating since Wednesday evening. Penney had been charged with murder in 2023 for the disappearance of his estranged wife, Jennifer Hillier-Penney, from St. Anthony in 2016. Her body has never been found. It […]
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Markus Hicks, the teacher and volleyball coach charged with sexual offences against teen boys, was back in provincial court this morning. Three months into the case, lawyers are still sifting through a significant amount of disclosure. NTV’s Rosie Mullaley reports.
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Forty-nine-year-old Thomas Offong, a priest who has served in the communities of Avondale, Colliers and Conception Harbour, is charged with one count of sexual assault against an adult following an investigation by Holyrood RCMP. Offong is scheduled to appear in Provincial Court in St. John’s on Feb. 6, 2024.
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An RCMP officer who was stationed stationed in Bell Island more than six years ago has been convicted of two firearm offences. Michael Wheeler was found guilty of careless use of a firearm and pointing a firearm. The verdict was rendered earlier this week by Justice Sandra Chaytor following a trial at Newfoundland and Labrador […]
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