27-11-2025 22:18
via fraservalleytoday.ca
New trial ordered in 1989 murder of 10-year old Toronto girl
OTTAWA — The Court of Appeal for Ontario has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of killing 10-year-old Darla Thurrott in 1989.
In a decision issued Thursday, the court concluded there was a miscarriage of justice in the case and set the conviction aside.
In 1990, Timothy Rees was found guilty of second-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment with no possibility of parole for 15 years.
In 2023, the federal justice minister referred Rees’s conviction back to the Court of
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In a decision issued Thursday, the court concluded there was a miscarriage of justice in the case and set the conviction aside.
In 1990, Timothy Rees was found guilty of second-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment with no possibility of parole for 15 years.
In 2023, the federal justice minister referred Rees’s conviction back to the Court of