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Armed woman shot by police gets 5-year sentence
A woman who ran down an Ottawa residential street with a loaded gun after ditching a car last year — and who was later shot by an Ottawa police officer — has been sentenced to five years in prison.
Suspended lawyer's behaviour 'unflattering' but not criminal, defence contends at trial
The defence for Ottawa lawyer James Bowie — accused of criminally harassing a woman, trying to get her to obtain a firearm for him, and threatening to kill an ex-client in the woman's presence — says that while there's no doubt Bowie engaged in "unflattering" behaviour, none of it was criminal.
James Bowie takes stand, admits to tracking and following woman, denies scaring her
Suspended Ottawa lawyer James Bowie took the stand in his own defence at his criminal trial Tuesday, and admitted that he twice placed a GPS tracker on a woman's car and used it to follow her after she'd stopped communicating with him. But, he denied that he made her feel unsafe.
Extortion charge against James Bowie dropped as Crown closes its case
A criminal charge alleging that suspended Ottawa lawyer James Bowie extorted a client for oral sex in exchange for his legal services has been withdrawn by the Crown after the woman at the centre of the allegations testified over three days.
Judge hammers Ottawa cops for lying under oath, misleading court in searing decision
A Superior Court judge has found that Ottawa police drug squad officers went ahead with an arrest last year when they knew they didn't have grounds, and that one of them deliberately lied in court to make it seem like they did.
'I need her gone': Suspended lawyer wanted gun to 'take care' of ex-client, trial hears
The first witness in the trial of suspended Ottawa criminal defence lawyer James Bowie has testified that he "descended into madness" and became "obsessed" with an ex-client who accused him of extortion in late 2022, to the point of asking for a gun to "take care" of her.
Embattled lawyer James Bowie sexually harassed 4 people, law society alleges
Suspended Ottawa lawyer James Bowie is facing more misconduct allegations levelled by the Law Society of Ontario, this time about the sexual harassment of four people, two of whom were clients, from 2018 to 2021, among other allegations.
Murder victim was failed by police years before murder, advocate and officer say
Previously unreported details of how Ottawa police responded to a domestic violence 911 call from 2012, nine years before the victim was murdered by her husband, show that the force failed to protect her, advocates and an officer say.
How cold case DNA technique came to Ottawa from California — and where it's headed next
Family tree enthusiasts are helping police solve decades-old homicides. And the former California district attorney who helped bring the technique to the world with the prosecution of the Golden State Killer back in 2018 says it has the potential to solve many more — as long as it's managed appropriately.
Defence for alleged terror propagandist calls prosecution speculative, tenuous
The defence team for an alleged terror propagandist argued Tuesday that the Crown's case is built on shaky ground, with tenuous links between the accused's camera and racist videos found online, and shoddy testimony from a Crown expert on right-wing extremism.