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The 19-year-old man accused of murdering lawyer Barbara Schlifer four years ago
The 19-year-old man accused of murdering lawyer Barbara Schlifer four years ago

The 19-year-old man accused of murdering lawyer Barbara Schlifer four years ago

Date7 December 1982
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Original Toronto Star caption: The 19-year-old man accused of murdering lawyer Barbara Schlifer four years ago told police that it was an army of people led by Sitting Bull who dragged the 33-year-old woman to the basement of her Leuty Ave. apartment; sexually assaulted her; killed her and fled in army trucks back to their base in Streetsville. Metro police Sergeant Wayne Oldham testified yesterday that the accused; Fernand Arthur Robinson; wrote about the killing in 1982; in two exercise scribblers; at the urging of fellow inmates at the Metro West Detention Centre.
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Neighbourhood:Beach
Province or state:Ontario
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0121746F
Murder trial: Fernand Arthur Robinson is accused of killing lawyer Barbara Schlifer
Murder trial: Fernand Arthur Robinson is accused of killing lawyer Barbara Schlifer
12/7/1982
Defence lawyer Shellon Fitch, who saw her client, Fernand Robinson, convicted last week of murdering lawyer Barbra Schlifer, says Robinson was 'a very(...)
Defence lawyer Shellon Fitch, who saw her client, Fernand Robinson, convicted last week of murdering lawyer Barbra Schlifer, says Robinson was 'a very(...)
12/7/1982
Defence lawyer Shellon Fitch, who saw her client, Fernand Robinson, convicted last week of murdering lawyer Barbra Schlifer, says Robinson was a very (...)
Defence lawyer Shellon Fitch, who saw her client, Fernand Robinson, convicted last week of murdering lawyer Barbra Schlifer, says Robinson was a very (...)
5/5/1984
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Court appearance: Sergeant David Mattison, right, accused of murdering his wife, is escorted out of Scarborough court in handcuffs today
4/3/1992
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Guilty verdict: Fernand Robinson, 20, was found guilty yesterday of killing lawyer Barbra Schlifer in April, 1980
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Miss York, chosen at the borough celebrations, is 19-year-old Corinne Rathan, who came to Canada with her family four years ago. Her prize: a trip to Trinidad
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Pleas of not guilty of murdering John Dick were entered by William Bohozuk, Hamilton oarsman and friend of Mrs
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Herself Freed of a charge of murdering John Dick, Mrs
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