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Yahoo
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- Yahoo
Johnson sentenced to 25 years to life for murder
PLATTSBURGH — Chazz Johnson has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for the murder of a Plattsburgh man last year. Johnson, 25, was handed down the sentence in Clinton County Court on Monday for shooting and killing Marcus Dixon, 31, in the early morning hours on Sept. 3, 2024, Clinton County District Attorney Andrew Wylie announced. The murder occurred following an altercation in downtown Plattsburgh between Dixon and Erica Colon, Johnson's co-defendant and girlfriend. The district attorney's office said that after the altercation, Colon and Johnson tracked down Dixon, who was walking near his residence, and Johnson shot Dixon three times at close range. Johnson and Colon then fled the area in Colon's car. Johnson was transported to the University of Vermont Healthcare Network at Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead. The shooting happened near 137 Cornelia St. in the city of Plattsburgh. In April, Johnson pleaded guilty to one count of second degree murder, one count of second degree conspiracy and two counts of second degree criminal possession of a weapon for his role in the shooting. Colon pleaded guilty to second degree conspiracy in April as well. She was sentenced to 2 to 6 years in prison on July 10. At Johnson's sentencing Monday, the district attorney's office said Dixon's sister addressed the court and described how his death has left their family 'shattered.' She also described how, despite a difficult upbringing, Dixon had managed to become the first in their family to graduate from high school and college and his dreams of one day working in law enforcement. District Attorney Wylie and Assistant District Attorney Jeffrey C. Kehm prosecuted the case. The District Attorney's Office sought the maximum sentence under the agreement, and Kehm stressed the trivial nature of the events leading to the murder and argued that Johnson had no remorse for his actions and was a threat to the community. In addition to the 25 years to life sentence, Johnson, who was represented by Tucker Stancliff, was assessed a $300 surcharge, a $25 crime victim assistance fee and must provide a DNA sample and a $50 DNA databank fee.
CTV News
2 hours ago
- CTV News
Crown seeks 7.5 years for Toronto man who pleaded guilty in 2017 Barrie home invasion
The sentencing hearing for a Toronto man who pleaded guilty for taking part in a 2017 home invasion in Barrie was held Tuesday morning.
France 24
2 hours ago
- Politics
- France 24
Pakistan courts sentence dozens from Khan's party
The sentences were handed down by anti-terrorism courts in the eastern cities of Lahore and Sargodha after dozens were found guilty of involvement in anti-government riots when Khan was first arrested. "Punjab Assembly's Opposition Leader Malik Ahmad Bhachar has been awarded a 10-year sentence," deputy minister of law Aqeel Malik said in a press conference. Bhachar helms the opposition in Punjab, Pakistan's most populous and politically influential province. Following Tuesday's verdict, he pledged on social media "not to abandon" support for Khan. A spokesman for Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party told AFP that Bhachar was not arrested until Tuesday evening. In addition to Bhachar, a court in Sargodha also sentenced a sitting lawmaker, a former parliamentarian and 32 other supporters of PTI to 10 years each for attacking government buildings, Malik said. Separately, a court in Lahore sentenced eight PTI members to 10 years in prison each for their involvement in riots in that city. Those sentenced include former governor of Punjab province Omar Sarfraz Cheema, former provincial minister Yasmin Rashid, and Ejaz Ahmed Chaudhary, a sitting senator. However, former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi was acquitted along with five others. Khan, in office from 2018 to 2022, was initially arrested in May 2023, sparking nationwide unrest, some of which targeted military facilities. Tuesday's sentences were handed down for attacks on police and civilian installations in Khan's home constituencies of Mianwali city and Lahore. Those accused of targeting military installations are facing separate trials in military courts. PTI has vowed to challenge the verdicts in higher courts. The prosecutions "expose a disturbing pattern of procedural impropriety, selective justice, and constitutional violations," said Sayed Zulfikar Bukhari, the London-based spokesman for PTI. He called the trials "political spectacles... that are being rushed through at breakneck speed — day-to-day hearings, even late-night sessions till 10:40 PM on a Saturday." Khan has been jailed since August 2023 on a slew of corruption charges his party says are politically motivated. His supporters and senior party leaders have also faced a severe crackdown, with thousands rounded up and Khan's name censored from television. Last year, a UN panel of experts found that Khan's detention "had no legal basis and appears to have been intended to disqualify him" from contesting elections. Khan's popularity continues to undermine a shaky coalition government that kept PTI from power after the polls last year.
CBC
3 hours ago
- CBC
Man who murdered roommate gets life sentence, no parole for 12 years
Social Sharing A Calgary man who fatally stabbed his roommate was handed a life sentence Tuesday with no chance of parole for 12 years. Eddy Nakasenh-Bandasak, 29, was convicted of second-degree murder in the death of Ismail Charanek who died in September 2020. Prosecutor Tiffany Dwyer had proposed a 14-year parole ineligibility period, while defence lawyer Robin McIntyre asked Court of King's Bench Justice Nancy Dilts to consider the minimum period of parole ineligibility for a second-degree murder conviction, which is 10 years. McIntyre noted her client suffers from a psychotic disorder. When given the chance to address the court, Nakasenh-Bandasak did not express remorse for his actions, rather he rejected the findings of the judge, addressed a friend and spoke about lawsuits against the Alberta government. During the trial, Nakasenh-Bandasak's previous lawyer argued he acted in self-defence when he attacked Charanek, stabbing him nine times in the torso and neck. Drug addiction, financial insecurity The two men, along with Charanek's girlfriend, were roommates, living together in a southeast apartment. Nakasenh-Bandasak and Charanek had been close friends for five years. Both were heavy drug users at the time. "On the surface, they were loyal to each other and trusted each other," said Dilts in her conviction decision last year. "However, below the surface, drug addiction and financial insecurity created issues over food, money, housing, and possessions." Nakasenh-Bandasak also has a history of mental illness, paranoia, and always carried a knife, Dilts noted in her decision. In the early morning hours of Sept. 22, 2020, the two men got into a fight outside their apartment. 'Unnecessarily fatal' Nakasenh-Bandasak believed Charanek was going to kick him out of the apartment. Justice Dilts found that Charanek was the aggressor, threatening to kill Nakasenh-Bandasak. But in rejecting the self-defence argument, Dilts ruled that Nakasenh-Bandasak did not expect Charanek to act on that threat. Dilts found that Nakasenh-Bandasak was "more concerned about not being able to retrieve his property than about retreating, abandoning his personal items, and staying somewhere else until tempers cooled." "Mr. Nakasenh-Bandasak's response was disproportionate, angry, and unnecessarily fatal."
The Independent
4 hours ago
- The Independent
Former police officer jailed for inappropriate relationship with girl has sentence tripled
A former Metropolitan Police officer who was jailed for instigating an inappropriate relationship with a 16-year-old girl has had his sentence tripled. Che Homersham, 37, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment at Southwark Crown Court in May after admitting to abusing his position as a police constable by attempting to instigate a sexual relationship with the girl. He first met the victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, while on duty responding to a domestic incident involving her mother in north London in December 2018, the court heard. Homersham, from Southgate, north London, took the girl's personal details, including her telephone number, and called her the following day saying he needed to take a witness statement. The former officer then drove the girl to the Harrow Viewpoint and asked to kiss her, which she refused. Homersham's initial sentence was increased by 12 months after the Solicitor General, Lucy Rigby KC MP, referred it to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme, the Attorney General's Office (AGO) said on Tuesday. Ms Rigby said: 'Homersham abused his position as a police officer – a role that rightly commands public trust – and I welcome the court's decision to increase his sentence.' The former officer's inappropriate relationship continued with the teenager over several years, including by describing sexual fantasies and making sexual advances, the AGO said. This included Homersham sending the girl a text in which he said he was going to 'pick her up from school and make love to her', the court was told. Texts to the victim from Homersham were uncovered when he was arrested for a separate matter in August 2023. Homersham was charged after an investigation by the Met's anti-corruption unit, which started in June 2023 and was carried out under the direction of the Independent Office for Police Conduct. He resigned from the Met in February last year after joining the force in July 2017.
