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An air of tension hung over a Calgary courtroom as the man accused of killing a local teen made his first court appearance after he was released on bail. The accused, 38, made a short appearance in provincial court Friday and quickly left the building as more than a dozen of TG's relatives huddled together to cry and express outrage over the accused's release. "I don't see how they would let him go. If he murdered somebody, who's to say ...

The boy charged with murdering Chestermere teen Tyler Trithart during a punch-up over a girl has been released on bail. Youth court Judge Steven Lipton yesterday said their were no legal grounds to keep the accused killer behind bars before his trial. Under the Criminal Code, a suspect can be detained if he is a flight risk, a danger to the public, or any other just cause including maintaining confidence in the justice system. At defence lawyer Patrick Fagan's request, ...

A Chestermere teen accused of beating a classmate to death is devastated by the incident, said his lawyer Tuesday, immediately after his client was released into his parents' custody. ``Obviously, he's devastated by the death of Tyler and obviously his arrest last Friday. Being taken from his home, handcuffed, arrested for second-degree murder had a traumatic effect on him,'' said defence lawyer Patrick Fagan on the steps of family and youth court in Calgary Tuesday morning. Tyler Trithart, 16, died ...

One of three suspected high-ranking gang members is in more legal hot water after police charged him with another firearms offence. The accused made a brief court appearance yesterday and was remanded in custody after he was charged with a Feb. 26, charge of possession of a handgun for a dangerous purpose. He was arrested while out on bail on eight other weapons offences stemming from a police traffic stop on April 8, 2004. The accused, 27, was nabbed then, ...

CITY COPS are angry three people they arrested on gang-related charges Friday are already back on the streets. One cop close to the case, who did not want his name revealed, said the situation has become a joke. "We can get these guys and charge them, but there's a problem somewhere between the police and the rest of the justice system," said the cop. "The people we arrested were already on court-imposed conditions - which we're alleging they breached - ...

The lawyer for an alleged high-ranking gang member already charged with eight weapons-related offences says he is mystified why his client is suddenly facing a new, unrelated weapons charge from more than two months ago. Pat Fagan said the accused, 27 - who was released on bail on the charges stemming from an April 8 incident after a loaded handgun was found in the vehicle in which he was a passenger - was rearrested Thursday. The accused was then charged ...

A judge has upheld a justice of the peace's decision to release an alleged gang member facing several weapons charges in connection with a Glock handgun found in a compartment under the seat of a vehicle he was driving. Court of Queen's Bench Justice Beth Hughes agreed with the justice of the peace during a Crown bail review of the accused release on April 9, saying "If I had heard the accused bail in the first place, I would not ...

The Crown’s office will seek a review of bail granted on the weekend to three alleged gang members, each facing eight weapons charges, prosecutor Sue Kendall said Monday. “We have ordered, on an expedited basis, a copy of the transcripts of the bail hearing before the justice of the peace,” Kendall said outside provincial court following the men’s first appearances. Three accused between the ages of 20 and 27, were arrested at around 10 p.m. Friday after police surrounded a …

A Calgary judge has revoked bail for a woman who is accused of plotting to have her husband killed. Provincial court Judge Cheryl Daniel said the 40-year-old accused showed “blatant disregard” for her release conditions and therefore will be sent to jail until her preliminary hearing. The accused, 40, wept openly in court on Wednesday as Daniel chastised her for twice breaching bail conditions – once for contacting her common-law husband and the other for being out after her designated …