Man Charged with Manslaughter in Officers' Deaths Being Used a Scapegoat: Defence

Man accused in Edmonton police officers' deaths being scapegoated: defence

Court of King's Bench Justice John Little heard closing arguments Thursday in the case against a 21-year-old man who faces more than a dozen charges from the shooting that claimed the lives of Const. Travis Jordan and Const. Brett Ryan.

Man charged in Edmonton officers' deaths being used a scapegoat: defence

A man charged with manslaughter for selling a gun to a teen who killed two Edmonton police officers is an easy scapegoat in a case the Crown hopes can be used to expand criminal liability for gun violence, his lawyer argued Thursday. Court of King’s Bench Justice John Little heard closing arguments in the case against 21-year-old […]

Man charged with manslaughter in officers' deaths being used a scapegoat: defence

A lawyer representing a man facing manslaughter charges after selling a gun to a teenage boy who shot and killed Edmonton police officers says his client is being used as a scapegoat given there is no one else to charge.

Man charged in Edmonton officers’ deaths being used a scapegoat: defence

EDMONTON - A man charged with manslaughter for selling a gun to a teen who killed two Edmonton police officers is an easy scapegoat in a case the Crown hopes

Man charged in Edmonton officers' deaths being used a scapegoat: defence

Man charged with manslaughter in EPS officers’ deaths being used a scapegoat: defence

The Crown argues Dennis Okeymow sold the rifle illegally to a minor with mental illness and should have known there was a risk people would have been harmed or killed.