Gas station owner facing assault charges struggles to find lawyer
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A man facing criminal charges in connection with an assault against a fellow gas station owner in Walsh continues to have challenges in maintaining legal counsel on the allegations.
Anwar Kamaran, owner of Save On Gas in the hamlet on the Alberta- Saskatchewan border, was charged last summer with assault against two members of the family who runs the Trailside Tempo station across the street.
He was released on two counts of assault causing bodily harm following that arrest.
In March, Kamaran – a onetime provincial Liberal candidate in Medicine Hat – was rearrested on allegations of issuing death threats through an online alias.
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Men face sex charges involving minors
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They are also looking for more information from the public and potentially other victims to come forward.
The Medicine Hat Police Service says officers began investigating a complaint from a teenager in February and the subsequent investigation allegedly found that “three youth, ranging from 12 to 15 years old, had been communicating with adult men to provide sex.”
Three men named in the release – Cory James Dominaux, 36; Michel Beauchesne, 19; and Simarjeet Singh Bhathal, 25 – each face two or three counts of sexual assault on a person under 18, having sexual contact with persons younger than 16 and various other sex-related offences.
Sentencing in child pornography case moved to June
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The sentencing hearing for a former well-known figure in the city has been put off until late June.
Wayne Smith pleaded guilty Feb. 16 to one charge of accessing child pornography, one day before the matter was set to go to trial.
A sentencing hearing set to take place Monday morning at Medicine Hat Provincial Court, but was adjourned to June 22.
The reason for the adjournment is not immediately clear.
Smith was the executive director of the City Centre Development Agency from 2012 until 2016.
Crown pushing for 10 years for Herrell
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A Medicine Hat man originally charged with bestiality should spend between six and 10 years in jail after police discovered he produced child pornography as well, defence lawyers and prosecutors argued Thursday.
The sentencing hearing at Medicine Hat Provincial Court for Cody Herrell heard his actions were “careful, deliberate … predatory.”
“These are very serious crimes,” said Crown prosecutor Sarah Goard-Baker. “The aggravating factors put them at the high end of the spectrum.”
In her submission to Judge Ivan Ladoucer she described how Herrell, 27, filmed himself assaulting a toddler, then shared it with other child pornography users along with a detailed commentary and plans for future assaults.