But neither the gun nor the shell casing was ever located, there was no physical evidence against either accused, and at both trials, it was clear that potential witnesses were too frightened to testify. The homicide detective who headed the investigation, Det. Mike Barsky, said the key prosecution witness who retracted her original statement, and another witness, "hijacked the process by changing their testimony so drastically.
Absent from the tense proceedings as the verdict was delivered was Jordan's mother, Loreen Small, who had been present earlier in the day and during some testimony. But on the other side of the courtroom, relatives and friends of the defendants cheered, despite being warned not to do so by Superior Court Justice John McMahon, and a woman who gave a loud shout was ordered out of the courtroom.
Both trials hinged on a tangle of competing testimony, and as the jurors began their second day of deliberations on Thursday morning, it became evident that they were sharpening their focus. They asked to review two videoed statements given to police a few hours after Jordan died. One of those accounts came from the young woman cited as unreliable by Mr. She initially told detectives she saw J.
Then, she said, co-defendant C. Journalistic Standards. About The Star. More Life. Top Stories. About Contact Us Feedback. Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. June 2, A revision to the Safe Schools Act, making the legislation even more "progressive," is passed at Queen's Park. This panel was tasked with examining C. Jefferys and provide the board with suggestions on how to improve school safety in the city.
Jefferys is one of the locations to offer youth programs all summer long. June 27, The principal and two vice-principals at C. Jefferys are put on home assignment with pay after the allegations surface that the three did not notify police after being told a year-old female student was sexually assaulted in a school washroom in October Two more youths are named in arrest warrants and later charged.
They were accused of failing to report an alleged sexual assault on a student. March 9, The hotline registers more than calls. About of those calls require a follow-up with school staff, social workers, police, children's aid or parents. March 25, The province steps in with cash to help make high schools safer. Ten million dollars is set aside in the Ontario budget for urban schools located in at-risk neighbourhoods. May 16, A school safety panel report is released.
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