Close X
Saturday, November 16, 2024
ADVT 
National

Sentencing Hearing For Gordon Stuckless On 100 Sex Abuse Convictions To Begin Wednesday

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 29 Mar, 2016 11:49 AM
    TORONTO — A sentencing hearing for the man at the heart of the Maple Leaf Gardens sex abuse scandal has been postponed to Wednesday.
     
    Gordon Stuckless pleaded guilty in 2014 to 100 charges related to the sexual abuse of 18 boys decades ago.
     
    Stuckless was later found guilty of two additional charges of gross indecency linked to two of the 18 victims.
     
    Defence lawyer Ari Goldkind said earlier this year that he had learned prosecutors want his client jailed for 10 to 12 years.
     
    Prosecutors decided last December not to seek dangerous offender or long-term offender status for Stuckless.
     
    Goldkind has maintained neither dangerous offender nor long-term offender status is justified since his client has behaved lawfully since his last convictions and voluntarily undergoes chemical castration.
     
    Stuckless also pleaded guilty in 1997 for sex assaults on 24 boys while he was an usher at Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens between 1969 and 1988.
     
    He was sentenced to two years less a day in that case, but that was later increased to five years.
     
    He was paroled in 2001 after serving two-thirds of his sentence.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Rescued Fur Seal From California Dies Despite Vets' Efforts In Vancouver

    VANCOUVER — An adult male fur seal found on a British Columbia beach, thousands of kilometres from its southern California home, has died despite the best efforts of veterinarians.

    Rescued Fur Seal From California Dies Despite Vets' Efforts In Vancouver

    How Many Privately Sponsored Syrians Canada Will Accept Remains Open Question

    How Many Privately Sponsored Syrians Canada Will Accept Remains Open Question
    Through pub nights, crowd funding websites, church suppers and craft bazaars, thousands of Canadians are currently trying to raise money to sponsor a Syrian refugee.

    How Many Privately Sponsored Syrians Canada Will Accept Remains Open Question

    Regina Murder And Abuse Trial Hears Of 'Skinny' Girls Who Ate Their Meals

    Regina Murder And Abuse Trial Hears Of 'Skinny' Girls Who Ate Their Meals
    A teenage boy who once stayed in the home of Tammy and Kevin Goforth took the stand today — the first of four defence witnesses who are expected to testify.

    Regina Murder And Abuse Trial Hears Of 'Skinny' Girls Who Ate Their Meals

    Liberals To Repeal Tory-Backed Bills On Union Finances And Certification Process

    Liberals To Repeal Tory-Backed Bills On Union Finances And Certification Process
    Labour Minister MaryAnn Mihychuk says the legislation she will introduce is a signal of a new relationship with labour after almost a decade of rocky relations under the Conservatives.

    Liberals To Repeal Tory-Backed Bills On Union Finances And Certification Process

    Manitoba Looks At Overhauling ER Layouts After Death Of Man During 34-Hour Wait

    Manitoba Looks At Overhauling ER Layouts After Death Of Man During 34-Hour Wait
    The family of Brian Sinclair, who died in a Winnipeg emergency room in 2008, says changing the configuration of ERs won't address the reason why the 45-year-old died without treatment.

    Manitoba Looks At Overhauling ER Layouts After Death Of Man During 34-Hour Wait

    Young Man Convicted In Rehtaeh Parsons Cyberbullying Case Facing New, Unrelated Charges

    The man, who is now 21, can't be named because he was a minor when he posed for an explicit photo showing him having sex with the 15-year-old, and then distributed the picture to some classmates.

    Young Man Convicted In Rehtaeh Parsons Cyberbullying Case Facing New, Unrelated Charges