Peterborough Court Briefs: 'Your decision to drive is simply mind-boggling'
A summary of what happened in Peterborough courts on April 27, 2023
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A summary of what happened in Peterborough courts on April 27, 2023
In 2021, Joshua Kimble was sentenced to two years less a day after pleading guilty to eight counts of intent to convey false messages after bomb threa...
Article content Despite admitting he swallowed drugs to smuggle them back into prison, an Ontario man was acquitted of trafficking charges because he said a fearsome inmate called Big Newf made him do it. Prosecutors warn his defence now “reads like a recipe for other inmates” to avoid legal consequences for their crimes because, court heard, “jails are inherently violent places.” The unusual defence, accepted Friday by the Court of Appeal for Ontario, paints a grim picture of life behind bars and the inability of authorities to protect those who are locked inside what are supposed to...