A man told a harrowing account in court Thursday about how Tony Humby allegedly sexually assaulted him when he was a teenager and how his complaint to police went nowhere. NTV’s Rosie Mullaley reports, and a warning, the details are disturbing.
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A man suspected of trying to shoot and kill a man in Torbay last year will go to trial in the spring. When David Peter Reardon appeared in provincial court in St. John’s this morning via telephone from Her Majesty’s Penitentiary, lawyers agreed to have the five-day trial begin in May. Reardon faces an attempted […]
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A 27-year-old man is behind bars in St. John’s today after an incident that resulted in him being tasered by police. Just before 1:30 this morning, the RNC responded to a call of an assault in the area of St. Clare Avenue. When patrol officers tried to arrest him, the man became combative and fought […]
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The Request for Qualifications (RFQ) process for replacement of Her Majesty’s Penitentiary officially closed on Friday, Feb. 16, and one submission was received from New Avalon Corrections Partners. The RFQ represents the first stage in a two-stage procurement process for the facility, allowing for identification of bid teams, not a proposal. It also included a […]
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The jury trial for a man charged with murdering a woman in St. John’s more than two years ago was supposed to begin in Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court today. However, lawyers in the David Quirke case indicated there has been a change in plans. Quirke was charged with second-degree murder. However, almost 100 potential […]
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