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MANDEL: Bathtub Girl killer, now 37, wants 'second chance'

But the aspiring lawyer – one of two sisters who murdered their mom in 2003 – accuses the Law Society of Ontario of blocking her way

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April 11, 2025 Toronto & GTA

The sinister 2003 plot of two Mississauga sisters who killed their mother was captured in the 2014 movie Perfect Sisters, starring Mira Sorvino as the mom, Abigail Breslin as the eldest sibling and Georgie Henley as the younger sibling.

MANDEL: DNA links gun to accused cop killer, court hears

The jury was also shown stills of his killer from the slain officer's body worn camera that prosecutors argue is the man now on trial

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April 11, 2025 Columnists

A frame grab from a 16-second video of Randall McKenzie's phone Blue Motorola Cell Phone shows him waving around a handgun in a vehicle.

MANDEL: 'I can't have love when all I can do is talk about shooting out with cops,' accused cop killer texted

They are haunting texts by a man who appeared obsessed with “shooting out with the cops” and researching the penalties for murder.

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April 9, 2025 Columnists

This screen grab of Randall McKenzie was taken from video submitted as a court exhibit. Court has heard the video was taken by police from McKenzie‘s phone after his arrest.

MANDEL: Appeal court reverses reprieve for aspiring lawyers caught in exam cheating scandal

It looks like cheaters never prosper, after all.

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April 8, 2025 Columnists

Ontario's highest court agreed the group of alleged cheaters who wrote the bar exams in November 2021 were treated fairly by the Law Society

MANDEL: 'Pure act of evil' prompts mom to lunge at daughter's killer in court

Chinese national Neng Jia Jin was bent on revenge and wanted to kill Canadians when he boarded a TTC subway car in 2022

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April 4, 2025 Toronto & GTA

Chinese national Neng Jia Jin, who has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and attempted murder, is seen here on the TTC subway car where he killed Vanessa Kurpiewska, 31, and seriously injured Sulakshana Srijeyarayah, 37, on Dec. 8, 2022.

Girl facing manslaughter in deadly Ken Lee swarming pleads to assault

She entered the surprise plea just weeks before facing a jury trial on charges of manslaughter in the homeless man's 2022 swarming death

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April 4, 2025 Toronto & GTA

Two teenage girls are not going to be doing any more time in custody for the deadly swarming attack on Kenneth Lee, a homeless man.

MANDEL: OPP manhunt quickly nabbed suspected cop killers

The couple was arrested in the bush four hours after the officer was gunned down in Haldimand County on Dec. 27, 2022

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April 3, 2025 Toronto & GTA

In this image from a video shown in court, Brandi Stewart-Sperry stands beside a shooter – alleged to be Randall McKenzie – who fired six rounds through the pocket of his hoodie, killing Haldimand OPP Const. Greg Pierzchala on Dec. 22, 2022.

MANDEL: Band of OPP brothers testify about slain colleague

They were Const. Greg Pierzchala’ s brothers in arms, the OPP officers who had come to know and admire the rookie who had just passed his probation period that morning.

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April 2, 2025 Columnists

Murder trial hears the rookie cop who'd just passed probation never had a chance to unholster his gun before being shot six times.

MANDEL: Cheerleader's sex killer remains safely behind bars

It was May 28, 1982, and beautiful Jenny Isford, an Ontario scholar and aspiring actress, was getting off the Bayview North bus on her way home from an Argo SUNshine cheerleading team practice and evening out with the squad.

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April 2, 2025 Columnists

William Brett Henson was found guilty in the 1982 murder of Jenny Isford. Sentenced to life in prison with no parole for at least 25 years, the parole board found Henson still poses a danger to women.

MANDEL: Inside job at ServiceOntario helped put stolen cars back on the road

It’s a fascinating look inside the auto theft epidemic that operates in the GTA — many of us assume that most of the hot vehicles go straight from driveways to shipping containers and eager overseas customers.

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March 26, 2025 Columnists