Supporters of an Edmonton couple accused of starving their 2-year-old twin daughters leave court after a hearing Tuesday. They would only say details in the case have been exaggerated. (CBC)

Edmonton parents of starved twins get support in court
Abuse case ‘over-exaggerated’, friends claim
CBC News Posted: Jun 19, 2012 12:27 PM MT Last Updated: Jun 19, 2012 1:52 PM MT
Supporters of an Edmonton couple accused of starving their 2-year-old twin daughters leave court after a hearing Tuesday. They would only say details in the case have been exaggerated. (CBC) Facebook

About a dozen friends of an Edmonton couple accused of starving their twin 2-year-old daughters showed up to support them at a brief court appearance Tuesday morning.

The married couple, charged with two counts of aggravated assault, criminal negligence causing bodily harm and failing to provide the necessities of life, is not allowed to have any contact with each other.

The father, led out first into the prisoner’s box wearing handcuffs, was told to stand at the far end.

His wife then entered wearing shackles and handcuffs.

Throughout the court appearance, an interpreter translated for her.

Somali criminal refugee Mohamed Jama Yusuf

Judge jails ‘bully’ who stomped man, 51, to death to 7½ -year prison term
By Andrew Seymour, The Ottawa Citizen May 15, 2012
Mohamed Jama Yusuf, 23, stomped 51 year-old Sean Gregory Murphy to death.

OTTAWA — A “bully,” who preyed on a vulnerable cyclist by punching him in the head for no reason and then finished his victim off by stomping and kicking him as he lay unconscious, was sentenced to 7½ years in prison Tuesday.

Ontario Superior Court Justice Lynn Ratushny said she questioned the sincerity of Mohamed Jama Yusuf’s last-minute apology before sentencing him for “violently and callously” delivering the deadly punch that would take the life of 51-year-old Sean Murphy.

Sean Murphy died Sept. 16, 2008, three weeks after he was beaten near the corner of Merivale Road and Shillington Avenue. On Monday, Mohammed Jama Yusuf pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

Somali refugee guilty of fatal beating  

Somali criminal refugee Mohamed Jama Yusuf bragged about stomping an old man in Ottawa . (Handout)

Megan Gillis, QMI Agency
First posted: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 07:36 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 07:42 PM EDT

Mohamed Jama Yusuf. (Handout)

OTTAWA – Actions speak louder than an 11th-hour apology, a prosecutor argued Tuesday as she sought 12 years for the “brutal, senseless and completely unprovoked” attack that left 51-year-old Sean Murphy dead.

Mohamed Jama Yusuf, 23, pleaded guilty to manslaughter, admitting he punched Murphy, a complete stranger, as he rode his bike towards Yusuf outside a Mac’s Milk store just after midnight on Aug. 26, 2008.

He then stomped and kicked the older, slighter man on the ground.

There were four separate armed robberies overnight. (Tony Smyth/CBC)

4 armed robberies reported at College Park
CBC News Posted: Jun 21, 2012 6:52 AM ET Last Updated: Jun 21, 2012 11:53 AM ET
There were four separate armed robberies overnight. (Tony Smyth/CBC)

Toronto police are looking for suspects after a series of violent, overnight robberies in the square behind College Park, near the intersection of Yonge and College streets.

On Wednesday night a group lurked in the shadows. They robbed six people in less than an hour.

One woman was stabbed in the arm, a man was stabbed in the stomach and another man was slashed across the face and beaten.

Rai-Sean Greenidge

Bishen Golaub, 34, is seen in this undated handout photo from Toronto Police Services

Anti-gang counsellor testifies for friend accused of gang hit
By Sam Pazzano ,Toronto Sun 
First posted: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 07:42 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 07:51 PM EDT

TORONTO – An anti-gang counsellor for a federal program — who has a conviction for possessing two pounds of pot for trafficking — testified Tuesday as a witness for a friend accused of orchestrating a gang-related execution.

Rai-Sean Greenidge received a six-month conditional sentence after pleading guilty to the pot charge in March. He continues to work as an anti-gang counsellor for the Breaking The Cycle program.

The 24-year-old told a jury that his pal, Christopher Sheriffe, doesn’t belong to the Jamestown or Doomstown Crips.