Two Simcoe drug dealers get different prison terms Two drug dealers were sentenced recently to prison but to very different terms due to circumstances.

Two Simcoe drug dealers with similar charges but very different results!
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Court stories captivated Brantford Expositor readers in 2025 The court stories that were most read in The Expositor this year often reflected the concerns of the community.

The world of court reporting is always sad, often odd and frequently heartbreaking.
Here are the top local court stories of 2025!
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Psychotic episode led Delhi man into paranoia and violence, expert testifies at murder trial Robert Lee Ballard became paranoid and illogical before he killed Michael Murray, testified a psychiatrist at trial on Wednesday.

More testimony about Robert Ballard's mental state before and after the violent killing of his friend in 2021.
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Murder trial: Lawyers sum up case for and against Jordaine Wilson Calling the murder of 90-year-old Marlene Wilson baffling, lawyers argued Friday about the guilt of her grandson, Jordaine Wilson.

A ‘baffling’ murder case with no apparent motive will go to the jury next week.
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Accused changed details about touching dead grandmother: Crown says at Waterford man's murder trial Jordaine Wilson, 36, changed his story from the day of his grandmother's death on Feb. 12, 2023, saying he touched a bleeding wound, Crown says

Update on the Waterford second-degree murder trial of Jordaine Wilson: Crown emphasizes Jordaine told police on the day of her murder he didn't touch his grandmother's body but now says he did. www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n...
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'We'd never been closer,' testifies man charged with murder of his grandmother in their Waterford home 'We'd never been closer,' said man charged with murder of his grandmother in their Waterford home

Accused in his grandma's death, Jordaine Wilson took the stand this week to say he and Marlene Wilson were getting along famously.
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Waterford murder trial: Accused said grandmother was the 'sweetest' in the universe Jordaine Wilson, accused of the second-degree murder of his 90-year-old grandmother, told police everyone who met the woman loved her.

"She's the sweetest lady in the entire universe," a Waterford man told police just hours after his 90-year-old grandmother was found stabbed in her bathtub.
Jordaine Wilson has pleaded not guilty in Marlene Wilson's death.
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Crown outlines case in 'senseless killing' of 90-year-old Waterford woman Marlene Wilson's body was found propped in a bathtub where she never took baths.

Here’s the updated story on yesterday and today’s trial of Jordaine Wilson re the murder of his grandma, Marlene Wilson.
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Crown outlines case in 'senseless killing' of 90-year-old Waterford woman Marlene Wilson's body was found propped in a bathtub where she never took baths.

Details of the "senseless killing" of 90-year-old Marlene Wilson revealed in court today.
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Trial begins for Waterford man accused of murder The murder trial of a Waterford man began on Monday in Simcoe with the selection of a jury.

The trial began today for Jordaine Wilson who is accused of the second-degree murder of his grandmother, Marlene Wilson in the town of Waterford two years ago.
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Teen victim not to blame for step-father's sexual abuse, judge says A judge assured a teenage girl that she wasn't guilty in the sexual relationship that developed between her and her step-dad.

A judge in Simcoe tried to assure a young woman she wasn't at fault regarding the sexual relationship that developed between herself and her step-dad.
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First-time offender sent to prison after multiple arrests A first-time offender was sent to prison after he kept returning to a life of selling drugs.

Arrested. Returned to selling drugs. Arrested. Returned to selling drugs. Arrested. Disappeared from his surety. Arrested. Found with a co-accused. Arrested & held.
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Water-gun assault charge against Simcoe woman ends in peace bond A jet of water from a water-gun set off a huge public outcry when a Simcoe woman was charged with assault with a weapon.

No definitive outcome to the assault-with-a-water-gun incident in Simcoe that captured the outrage of southern Ontario and beyond last year. The alleged 'shooter' agreed to a peace bond.
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One Norfolk man facing 11 arson charges released on strict bail Chad Reimer, charged in 11 suspicious fires, was granted bail on Friday under tight, GPS-monitored conditions.

A very strict bail has been granted for one of two men accused of starting multiple fires in the Norfolk area. He hasn't been released yet but must wait for the availability of a GPS monitor.
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No bail yet for two accused of arson Two Norfolk men accused of 11 counts of arson remain in custody.

After more court visits by video, two Norfolk men accused in 11 deliberately set fires remain in jail but will continue to try for a bail hearing.
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Langton man sentenced for hiding role in death of teen A Simcoe court judge said he wasn't sentencing Burtch for the collision that killed a 14-year-old but for his actions that followed.

Nicholas Burtch wasn't sentenced for hitting the 14-year-old, who later died, but for leaving the scene, hiding evidence and preparing to flee the area:
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Drug dealer nabbed by police while going through drive-thru in Simcoe A judge urged Adrian Matthews to think about what he was doing to his community by dealing drugs.

Norfolk drug dealer with dozens of pre-packaged hits of fentanyl in his stash, along with a variety of other drugs to offer, had been recently released from jail on similar charges.
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