A jury has viewed CCTV footage of the moment a father of four fatally stabbed a man outside his home in what he later told gardaí was an act in defence of his family and his property.
Police have arrested a driver who allegedly removed his licence plate and hid it in the trunk of the vehicle before he fled a fatal hit and run in Mississauga. Santosh Kumar Patra, 56, of Mississauga was killed in the collision on Friday around 9 p.m., police said in the release Wednesday. According to police, a Mini Cooper struck and killed Patra at the intersection of Eglinton Avenue W. and Fallingbrook Drive.
Two thieves who tried to steal a bicycle locked up opposite a police station in broad daylight have pleaded guilty to theft. John Kent, 43, of no fixed address, admitted attempted theft of a pedal cycle and handling stolen goods. John Hutchenson, 44, of Canton Street, E14, pleaded guilty to attempted theft of a pedal cycle, going equipped to steal, and theft from a shop.
Ms Hewer, 52, a devout Christian, was sexually assaulted and stabbed six times at her flat in Parkstone Road, Walthamstow, on October 17, 1995. There was no sign of a break-in to the sixth-floor property, suggesting she knew her attacker. Firefighters broke into the premises and found her body in a bedroom after two blazes were deliberately started in that room and another in the lounge.
The investigation into the chilling murders of Clodagh Hawe and her three sons was marked by glaring oversight, ultimately leading to two police officers facing disciplinary actions for their lapses.
