Crime

The DNA of an American woman alleged to have been involved in a failed assassination attempt was found on gun parts illegally sent to the UK more than a month later, a court has heard.

Aimee Betro, 45, is alleged to have flown from Wisconsin as part of a plot orchestrated by co-conspirators Mohammed Aslam, 56, and Mohammed Nabil Nazir, 31, of Derby, to attack a rival family on Sept 7 2019.

A trial at Birmingham Crown Court heard on Tuesday that Ms Betro had been involved in “yet another” of Mr Nazir’s plots to take revenge on a rival when she was alleged to have sent three parcels full of ammunition and gun parts to the UK on Oct 16 2019.

A Toronto YouTuber said he was contacted by police after hosting a livestream with a teen boy claiming responsibility for the fatal stabbing of a 71-year-old woman in North York.

In the livestream, archived on social media, the boy is barely visible, his eyes peeking out from above a dark face covering, shadowed by a large hood, as the interviewer questioned him about the stabbing.

“I didn’t even mean to f—-ing kill the old lady,” the teen said. “I was trying to get the ‘v’ from her as a free car.”

“It went left,” the boy continued. “She didn’t give me the keys so I yoked her.”

Denied a Free Car! Clearly Demon Boy is the real victim and we must bear that collective burden.

A verdict this week in the prosecution of five hockey players on sexual-assault charges could break new ground on the question of what constitutes voluntary consent, in cases of an apparent power imbalance – in this instance, multiple men in a hotel room with an intoxicated woman most of them had never met.

The trial, which heard closing submissions last month, has given a rare national profile to how the criminal-justice system addresses sexual assault. The trial’s many unusual elements, including seven days of cross-examination of the complainant, and allegations against five young men from Canada’s 2018 gold medal-winning world junior team, have combined to give this case a broad importance in social and legal terms.

Front and centre is the issue of consent.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Justice wants to interview Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of helping the financier sexually abuse underage girls and is now serving a lengthy prison sentence, a senior official said Tuesday.

If Maxwell “has information about anyone who has committed crimes against victims, the FBI and the DOJ will hear what she has to say,” Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a post on X, adding that President Donald Trump ”has told us to release all credible evidence.” A lawyer for Maxwell confirmed there were discussions with the government.

Peel Regional Police’s annual street racing campaign resulted in more than 130 arrests, 100 vehicles seized and 2,100 provincial and criminal charges laid, police said in a news release Monday.

The multi-jurisdictional enforcement campaign looks to address street racing, stunt driving and illegal car rallies across the Greater Toronto Area.

This year’s operation led to over 684 vehicle investigations, police said in the news release. Between May and June, police say 86 stunt driving charges and 125 unnecessary noise charges were laid.

He also has a YouTube channelhttps://t.co/XjMsaYbeWn

— Curious George (@01CuriousGeorge) July 19, 2025

@fancypants_s https://t.co/3Z15ftf7Hw

— Auntie Polly (@auntie_polly) July 19, 2025

I bet the little monster just wanted to experience the thrill of murder.

h/t Auntie Polly

An unprovoked stabbing attack Thursday morning in a North York plaza parking lot has left a senior dead and cops hunting her killer.

Early Thursday night, police identified the victim as Shahnaz Pestonji, 71, of Toronto.

The Perp? My guess is an aspiring Rapper just getting his life together.

h/t Mauser

Residents of a tiny rural community in eastern Ontario pressed police on Saturday for answers about a disturbing attack on a young girl that investigators believed was caused by an animal — until they arrested a teenager in the case.

Nearly 100 people filled a small community centre in Quadeville, about 170 kilometres west of Ottawa, for a town hall organized by Ontario Provincial Police to address residents’ questions and concerns about their investigation.