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Daily Mail
12 hours ago
- General
- Daily Mail
BREAKING NEWS Husband is jailed for life for murdering wife and hiding her body under the stairs
A husband has been jailed for life for murdering his wife and hiding her body under the stairs. This is a breaking news story, it'll be updated soon.
CTV News
2 days ago
- General
- CTV News
Death of inmate at Bowden prison under investigation
The Bowden Institution medium security facility near Bowden, Alta., Thursday, March 19, 2020. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh) Correctional Service Canada (CSC) is investigating the death of an inmate at the Bowden Institution in central Alberta. CSC announced the death of Gilbert Robinson, 69, on May 30, but didn't release details on how he died. Robinson was convicted of second-degree murder in 2018 in the death of his estranged wife in his Edmonton home. He was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 13 years. The Bowden Institution is a medium-security prison in Innisfail. Officials say Robinson's next of kin have been notified.
Washington Post
6 days ago
- Politics
- Washington Post
New Hampshire governor rejects hearing for Pamela Smart, sentenced to life for husband's 1990 death
CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte rejected on Thursday the latest request for a sentence reduction hearing from Pamela Smart , who is serving life in prison for orchestrating the murder of her husband by her teenage student in 1990. Smart, 57, was a 22-year-old high school media coordinator when she began an affair with a 15-year-old boy who later fatally shot her husband, Gregory Smart, in Derry. The shooter was freed in 2015 after serving a 25-year sentence. Though Smart denied knowledge of the plot, she was convicted of being an accomplice to first-degree murder and other crimes and sentenced to life without parole.
Associated Press
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
New Hampshire governor rejects hearing for Pamela Smart, sentenced to life for husband's 1990 death
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte rejected on Thursday the latest request for a sentence reduction hearing from Pamela Smart, who is serving life in prison for orchestrating the murder of her husband by her teenage student in 1990. Smart, 57, was a 22-year-old high school media coordinator when she began an affair with a 15-year-old boy who later fatally shot her husband, Gregory Smart, in Derry. The shooter was freed in 2015 after serving a 25-year sentence. Though Smart denied knowledge of the plot, she was convicted of being an accomplice to first-degree murder and other crimes and sentenced to life without parole. It took until last year for Smart to take full responsibility for her husband's death. In a video released in June, she said she spent years deflecting blame 'almost as if it was a coping mechanism.' On Wednesday, Smart wrote to Ayotte and the governor's Executive Council asking for a hearing on commuting her sentence. But Ayotte, a Republican elected in November, said she has reviewed the case and decided it is not deserving of a hearing before the five-member panel. 'People who commit violent crimes must be held accountable to the law,' said Ayotte, a former state attorney general. 'I take very seriously the action of granting a pardon hearing and believe this process should only be used in exceptional circumstances.' In her letter, Smart said she has spent the last 35 years 'becoming a person who can and will be a contributing member of society.' Calling herself 'what rehabilitation looks like,' she noted that she has taken responsibility for her husband's death. 'I have apologized to Gregg's family and my own for the life taken and for my life denied to my parents and family for all these long years,' she wrote. Smart's trial was a media circus and one of America's first high-profile cases about a sexual affair between a school staff member and a student. The student, William Flynn, testified that Smart told him she needed her husband killed because she feared she would lose everything if they divorced. Flynn and three other teens cooperated with prosecutors and all have since been released. The case inspired Joyce Maynard's 1992 book 'To Die For' and the 1995 film of the same name, starring Nicole Kidman and Joaquin Phoenix.
CTV News
27-05-2025
- General
- CTV News
Manitoba man convicted of murdering neighbour gets life in prison
The Manitoba man convicted in the murder of a neighbour he suspected was stealing from him has been handed a life sentence. On Monday, Eric Wildman was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years. He was also handed a lifetime weapons and firearm ban along with an order requiring him to submit his DNA. Back in February, a jury found Wildman guilty of first-degree murder in the death of 40-year-old Clifford Joseph. Joseph's remains were found northeast of Winnipeg in 2021. During the trial, crown prosecutors had argued Wildman had caught Joseph stealing from his property before running him over with a vehicle and shooting him. He had pleaded not guilty to the charge, with his lawyers arguing the case was based on circumstantial evidence. Wildman was arrested by Ontario Provincial Police following an RCMP manhunt in June 2021. King's Bench Justice Rick Saull noted Wildman's sentence takes effect from the date of his arrest on June 7, 2021. -With files from The Canadian Press
