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CTV News
2 days ago
- CTV News
London nurse died from 13 gunshot wounds; new info revealed from 2021 homicide
A photo of two suspects wanted in relation to the shooting death of Lynda Marques in north London, Ont., on Sept. 10, 2021. (Source: London Police Service) Two unidentified gunmen shot London nurse Lynda Marques 13 times to the head, neck, and chest. That information was uncovered in an agreed statement of facts obtained by CTV London during the sentencing of Ammar Patel, the driver who brought the two gunmen to Wateroak Drive in September of 2021 with the apparent intention of killing Marques' fiancé Ali Bhatti. Marques returned home in a white Dodge Charger, typically driven by Bhatti, just before 8 p.m. on Sept. 10, 2021. Before she could exit the vehicle, Patel pulled up to the driveway in a stolen black Volkswagen Jetta, and two masked men jumped out of the vehicle. In a surveillance video shown in court, the men ran quickly to the driver's side of the Charger and fired multiple shots into the car. A forensic examination of the scene and Marques' body revealed 19 cartridge casings and 17 recovered bullets. There were nine from the car, seven from Marques' autopsy, one from a laptop inside the car and three bullet fragments. All of the casings were from 9 mm Luger ammunition. Lynda Marques case Lynda Marques, 30, a London nurse was gunned down in her driveway on Wateroak Drive on Sept. 10, 2021 (Source: Brent Lale/CTV London) Bhatti was inside the home at 2229 Wateroak Dr. with their young son when he heard several loud bangs. He went out to investigate and found the Charger in the driveway with multiple bullet holes to the driver's side window and door. He saw Marques motionless and there was a large amount of blood. He called 911 and when first responders arrived, she was without vital signs. She was pronounced dead in hospital. Patel was sentenced to life in prison for manslaughter by Superior Court Justice Alissa Mitchell in a London courtroom on Monday, June 9, 2025, for his role in the homicide. The statement of facts reveals that Patel was under investigation by Toronto police in the fall of 2021, and was arrested in November of that year. Lynda Marques case A black Volkswagen Jetta driven by Ammar Patel was used in the murder of Lynda Marques on Wateroak Drive in London, Ont. on Sept. 10, 2021. The driver of the car Ammar Patel has been sentenced to life in prison for manslaughter. (Source: London Police) His iPhone 7 was seized and using the WAZE app, police tracked his GPS to London two months earlier. The navigations showed him travelling to Wateroak Drive, as well as Meadowlilly Drive, the place where the Jetta was abandoned and discovered five days after Marques' murder. Inside the abandoned vehicle was a Lysol wipe in the passenger door handled and in between the seat and console. A container of wipes was also in the car. Surveillance video from the home showed the Jetta first arrived at Marques' home at 10:55 a.m. on the day of the murder, about 9 hours before the shooting. The video also shows the car came and went throughout the day finally setting up outside the home at 5:57 p.m. and waiting there until the 7:52 when Marques arrived home. The two gunmen remain at large.
CTV News
4 days ago
- CTV News
‘Innocent, defenseless victim': Failed assassination attempt led to death of London nurse
Lynda Marques, 30, a London nurse was gunned down in her driveway on Wateroak Drive on Sept. 10, 2021 (Source: Brent Lale/CTV London) The multiple bullets fired into the side of a London nurse's vehicle in 2021 were intended for her fiancé, Ali Bhatti. Those details were confirmed in a London courtroom Monday morning during the sentencing of Ammar Patel, the man who drove the black Volkswagen Jetta to Bhatti and Lynda Marques' house on Wateroak Drive on Sept. 10, 2021. Lynda Marques case A black Volkswagen Jetta driven by Ammar Patel was used in the murder of Lynda Marques on Wateroak Drive in London, Ont. on Sept. 10, 2021. The driver of the car Ammar Patel has been sentenced to life in prison for manslaughter. (Source: London Police) 'Ms. Marques was intimately involved with Ali Bhatti,' Justice Alissa Mitchell told the court. 'Mr. Bhatti was the usual driver of that white Dodge Charger and appears to have been the intended target of Mr. Patel and the two unidentified gunmen. Ms. Marques paid the ultimate price for her relationship with Mr. Bhatti. Ms. Marques was an innocent, defenseless victim. When attacked, she was a complete stranger to Mr. Patel.' Patel was sentenced to life in prison for manslaughter with no immediate timeline for parole. He plead not guilty to first-degree murder. During the proceeding, the court heard how Patel had been staking out the residence for hours earlier in the day, and then a video of the homicide was played. 'The video surveillance shows Mr. Patel waiting while two gunmen executed the driver of the white Dodge Charger,' said Mitchell. 'He assisted the gunman to escape the scene. He abandoned the Jetta on a dead-end street where it was discovered three days after the killing. There is no evidence before me that Mr. Patel has assisted police in apprehending the two gunmen, and to my understanding, both gunmen remain at large to this day.' Patel was given the opportunity to address the court. 'I'm sorry to the Marques family, I'm sorry to my family, and I'm sorry to the court,' Patel said. Patel – who was just 18 at the time of Marques' death – has a long history of convictions for criminal activity dating back to his teenage years, including armed robbery using a restricted firearm. 'This was not a crime of passion,' said Mitchell. 'There was a complete absence of any provocation. Ms. Marques was attacked at her home. The offense happened in the early evening in a residential community in North London, the attack was calculated, brazen and displayed an extraordinary degree of violence and the attack involved a firearm.' Mitchell described Marques' young son is too young to provide a statement to the court, but how the 'egregious act of violence has left a mark on this young boy's life that can never be erased.' Mitchell also spoke about the impact on the residents of Wateroak Drive over the past four years. Lynda Marques case Police closed off Wateroak Drive in London, Ont. in Sept. 2021 after the murder of Lynda Marques. (Source: Sean Irvine/CTV London) 'This crime has shocked the conscience of the community and rocked it to its core,' said Mitchell. 'This crime was perpetrated in a quiet residential neighborhood and shattered the community's sense of safety and security. The impact of this crime on London's residents will be felt for years to come.' Mitchell acknowledged his guilty plea saved the court a potential 'lengthy and difficult trial and has saved valuable judicial resources. It has also spared the victim's family of having to endure the uncertainty of what a trial inevitably brings.' Patel was also given a DNA order, a lifetime-weapons prohibition, and a non-communication order with Osman Ali Afandy, who is also charged in this case.
