Posted Sep 3, 2008, 10:19 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Thunder Bay
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My uncle's death last December has been ruled a manslaughter. That brings 2007's homicide total up to 3.
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Manslaughter charge laid in connection with 2007 death
Tb News Source | 3 September 2008
http://www.tbsource.com/localnews/index.asp?cid=111226
An off-duty employee at a Simpson Street bar has been taken into custody and charged with manslaughter following the December 2007 death of a 44-year-old man.
Scott Roger James died at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre after he was found collapsed outside the unnamed bar at 1 a.m. on Dec. 13 of last year.
Following a post-mortem of the body, the chief coroner determined a further examination was needed.
The chief coroner's report was then given to the criminal investigations branch of Thunder Bay Police last month, which led to Wednesday's charges.
The accused, who has yet to be named by police, will have his first appearance in court on Thursday.
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Charges laid in 2007 death
Alana Toulin | The Chronicle-Journal | 4 September 2008
http://www.chroniclejournal.com/top_story.php?id=132205
A 21-year-old man has been charged with manslaughter almost nine months after the death of 44-year-old Scott Roger James.
James died Dec. 13, 2007, at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre after being found collapsed outside a Simpson Street bar just after 1 a.m. on the same day.
Police said James was ejected from the bar that night for “engaging in prohibited activity” inside.
“(James) was asked to leave and was escorted out of the bar by an off-duty bouncer and during this process was injured,” said Det. Sgt. Scott Smith. “Those injuries resulted in his death.”
The man charged worked as a bouncer at the bar.
An initial post-mortem examination showed James had experienced significant internal trauma. The chief coroner ordered a second examination. The Thunder Bay Police Service‘s Criminal Investigations Branch received a final written pathology report late last month.
After consultation with the Crown, James‘s death was determined to be a homicide.
“Because the scientific studies on the cause of death were quite protracted, the charges weren‘t laid until (now),” said Smith, who noted the man taken into custody Wednesday was interviewed in December when police attended the scene at the bar.
The man charged will make his first court appearance today. Police said his name will be released following the appearance.
James‘s death brings the number of homicides that occurred in Thunder Bay in 2007 to three.
Eighteen-year-old Geraldton resident Jordan Achneepineskum was taken by ambulance from the Royal Edward Arms with severe head injuries on Dec. 24 of last year. He later died at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre.
Garnet Loon was arrested the next day and charged with second-degree murder.
The first was 45-year-old Karla Desrosiers, who was found dead in her apartment on Jan. 20, 2007.
Benedict Arnold Wawia was arrested Mar. 19, 2007, and charged in connection with her death.
He was given a prison term of eight years and seven months for manslaughter in May 2008.
There have been no homicides in Thunder Bay this year.
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Last edited by vid; Sep 4, 2008 at 7:29 PM.
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