Close X
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
ADVT 
National

Medicine Hat Man Pleads Guilty To Threatening Prime Minister Trudeau

The Canadian Press, 08 Feb, 2018 11:29 AM
    MEDICINE HAT, Alta. — An Alberta man has pleaded guilty to sending threatening emails to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
     
    William Benham, 52, was in Medicine Hat provincial court today and entered a guilty plea to charges of uttering threats and threats to cause damage to property.
     
    Benham was arrested on Jan. 12 after he emailed the threats to several officials — including Trudeau and Medicine Hat Mayor Ted Clugston.
     
    The emails included threats against government and specific threats toward the Prime Minister, although a police investigation determined he had no plans to follow through on those threats.
     
    Benham got a 30-day jail sentence, followed by 24-months probation with numerous conditions.
     
    Those conditions include a prohibition on communicating directly with any of the people he had threatened.
     
    He has also been ordered to abstain from alcohol and drugs, and attend psychiatric counselling.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Woman Rescued From Toronto Construction Crane Last Year Gets Absolute Discharge

    Woman Rescued From Toronto Construction Crane Last Year Gets Absolute Discharge
    Marisa Lazo, 23, was stranded for hours after climbing a crane at a downtown construction site in the middle of the night in April.

    Woman Rescued From Toronto Construction Crane Last Year Gets Absolute Discharge

    Protest Against Tim Hortons Reaction To New Minimum Wage Planned Across Ontario

    Protest Against Tim Hortons Reaction To New Minimum Wage Planned Across Ontario
    TORONTO — Labour organizations across Ontario are holding rallies today to protest the actions some Tim Hortons franchises have taken in response to an increase in the province's minimum wage.

    Protest Against Tim Hortons Reaction To New Minimum Wage Planned Across Ontario

    Police Dog Easily Tracks Down Steak Thief After New Brunswick Grocery Larceny

    Police Dog Easily Tracks Down Steak Thief After New Brunswick Grocery Larceny
    SAINT JOHN, N.B. — A police dog had an extra edge tracking down an alleged thief on Tuesday: The suspect was carrying stolen steaks.

    Police Dog Easily Tracks Down Steak Thief After New Brunswick Grocery Larceny

    Calgary Man Swept Up And Killed By B.C. Avalanche During Back Country Ski

    Police say the avalanche came down in the Lizard Mountain range on Monday afternoon.

    Calgary Man Swept Up And Killed By B.C. Avalanche During Back Country Ski

    Murder Charge Laid In Death Of Man In Stanley Park Last February

    Murder Charge Laid In Death Of Man In Stanley Park Last February
    A charge of first-degree murder has been laid against a 29-year-old Vancouver man in the stabbing death of a man in Stanley Park last February.

    Murder Charge Laid In Death Of Man In Stanley Park Last February

    Illegal Ride-Hailing Underway In B.C. While Government Reconsiders Laws

    The Passenger Transportation Branch says at least seven app platforms are known to be in use by drivers and consumers in Metro Vancouver.

    Illegal Ride-Hailing Underway In B.C. While Government Reconsiders Laws