Court

Jessie Brave was arrested Nov. 22, 2024 after stabbing a woman, but the conditions of the jail and the effects of Brave’s already precarious mental health means she’ll serve only 894 more days

Known by his ring name Magnum McLaren, David Knapman Jr. is facing multiple criminal charges, and will learn Jan. 21 whether the Crown will proceed with prosecution

In an error, Sudbury.com wrote that Monica Shawanda's charges had been upgraded to second-degree murder. Though confirmed at the court office, the information is incorrect and Shawanda is only facing accessory after the fact in relation to the death of a 21-year-old man found in a garage on Lansdowne Street in 2025.

Convicted of the brutal stabbing of a Sudbury man that ended with him striking the victim with his own car, Smith won’t be eligible for parole for at least 15 years

While there was a slight increase in murders and vehicular deaths in 2025 over the past year, the courts are still working through the ones from 2020 and 2021, with two convicted murderers facing sentences this year

Dates will be set for a trial to decide whether or not a Sudbury man accused of killing his wife can recant his guilty plea and instead go back in front of a judge to decide his fate

Though the charges against Murray had been stayed due to the length of the court process, the contractor was acquitted Nov. 28 of defrauding clients of an estimated $800K, now cleared of the case that has dogged him since 2016

Charged with stabbing her neighbour, who was left with life-altering injuries, Jessie Brave will wait to hear whether she will serve six years, or three-and-a-half, after an administrative delay sees her wait another month for sentencing

In inquest jury examining the death of Justin Alexander Trudeau, who was found dead from a severe lung infection just days into his sentence, has issued sweeping recommendations prompting calls for improved health care and oversight within Ontario jails

A four-day inquest into the death of a man working for a Sudbury-based mining contractor which revealed he spent his last moments gasping for breath, partially buried by muck and pinned against a steel railing, with the jury calling for improvements to mining regulations and protocols and updating mining common-core education