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PAGE 20 u BIZARRE BRIEFS By Viola James MAN RAPPED FOR GIVING COCAINE FOR HALLOWEEN OLDHAM, England — Three primary-school- age children in one English city reaped more than the usual harvest of sweets and chocolates on Hal- loween when they emptied their trick-or-treat goody bags and found several bags of cocaine. Last week, the man who had mistakenly hand- ed out his cocaine stash to the children instead of candy was given a community service sentence in court, the Press Association reported. Apprentice panel-beater Donald Junior lover and burying them under the cellar of her store in Vienna. Estibaliz Carranza, a 34-year-old Mexican- Spanish woman dubbed the Ice Lady by Aus- trian media, told a court that both men had "demeaned" her. In both cases, she said she had shot her victim November 26, 2012 • Law Times u The INSIDE STORY KIP DAECHSEL APPOINTED TO KEY ROLE AT HEENAN BLAIKIE The partners at Heenan Blaikie LLP have elected Kip Daechsel as national co-manag- ing partner of the firm. Daechsel has been practising corporate Green fished in his pockets for a bag of chewy sweets to give to the youngsters at his door on Halloween but instead pulled out a plastic pack containing eight bags of cocaine he had bought for 200 pounds ($320) earlier that day, the Old- ham Magistrates' Court heard. He dropped the drugs into the goody bags carried by the three children, aged eight, six, and five, who were out trick-or-treating escort- ed by their father, an off-duty policeman. The 23-year-old defendant then closed the door, went back inside the house, and put his hand in his pockets to get out his drugs but in- stead pulled out the sweets. Green immediately realized what had hap- with a .22-caliber Beretta pistol, chopped up the body with a chainsaw, put it in a freezer at the parlor, and eventually buried it downstairs in the cellar, the Austria Press Agency reported. Prosecutor Petra Freh described the defendant as "ice-cold" and a "ticking time bomb." husband, Holger Holz, had completely changed aſter their wedding and that matters had got worse when they were evicted from their apart- ment and moved into the ice cream shop and Holz joined the Hare Krishna movement. "He slept until 10 o' Carranza told the court the nature of her We had no ice cream. He did nothing." clock and came at 11 o'clock. cream machine salesman Manfred Hinterberg- er and divorced Holz, he refused to move out, she told the court. One Sunday, aſter an argument about the is- Even aſter she started a relationship with ice pened and went on foot, then by car, scouring the streets of Oldham in northern England to find the youngsters. But the officer, Simon Fowell, had taken his children home and, as they emptied their bags to share the spoils, he spotted the drugs and made a swiſt call to on-duty colleagues. Green was given a 12-month community — Reuters and commercial law at the firm for the past 22 years with a focus on mergers and acqui- sitions, financial services, and the regulation of financial institutions. He takes the posi- tion on Jan. 1, 2013, as he succeeds Norman Bacal in the role. Bacal has held the position for more than 15 years. "I am very pleased with this appointment," said firm chairman and Kip Daechsel founding partner Roy Heenan. "Kip has gained the confidence of his colleagues through not only his contribution to the firm during his ca- reer but in the way he is valued by his clients as trusted counsel for their business and legal initiatives." The other national co-managing partner at Heenan Blaikie is Robert Bonhomme, who has been in the position since January. sue, she said she had shot Holz twice in the back of the head and once in the temple as he sat at his computer. Hinterberger leſt Carranza shortly aſter her divorce but turned up on the doorstep of the salon with a suitcase a year and a half later. She said she had taken him back but then order, ordered to do 130 hours community work, and told he must pay court costs. ICE LADY TAKES STAND IN CHILLING CASE VIENNA — A former ice cream parlor owner has confessed in court to shooting, sawing up, and freezing both her ex-husband and her found sex messages on his phone and his pro- file on a dating site. On the way home from an evening out with friends, where he had flirted with another wom- an, she had wanted to talk about it but he had sim- ply shouted at her and then gone to bed, she said. She then described how she had reached — Reuters LT LOOPSTRA NIXON JOINS GLOBAL NETWORK Loopstra Nixon LLP has an- nounced its affiliation with Law- Exchange International, a global network of international law firms. The move completes LawEx- change International's goal of ex- panding into the Toronto market. Also joining is Phillips Lytle LLP of Buffalo, another area where the network was looking to grow its presence. With the two new firms joining, the network will include more than 1,500 lawyers practis- ing at 26 affiliated law firms in 23 countries around the world. "The ability to call upon the under the mattress for the same pistol she had used to kill her ex-husband, loaded it, and shot him in his sleep. was now in force. They involve amendments to the Criminal Code under the Safe Streets and Communities Act that expand the list of circumstances in which a conditional sentence isn't available. For example, a conditional sen- tence will no longer be an option for any offence for which the law prescribes a maximum penalty of 14 years in jail. CHANGES TAKE EFFECT AT LAO A number of changes have taken effect at Legal Aid Ontario. According to LAO, new discre- U.S. legal expertise and reputa- tion of Phillips Lytle continues to be a great resource for our cli- ents and, with the joint move to LEI, is an important part of our near-term growth strategy, Loopstra Nixon senior partner Sandy Nixon. "Clients are realizing that global " said expansion does not necessarily mean moving their legal work to a giant global firm," said Allan Ritchie, also a partner at Loops- tra Nixon. "Networks such as LEI enable clients to control costs and enjoy concierge service, both of which are hallmarks of successful mid-sized firms." Both firms become affiliates of the network on Jan. 1, 2013. They'll also leave the Cicero League of International Law Firms they had already been part of. 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As the articling issue heated up last week, many respondents made it clear they disagreed with a recommendation by the minor- ity on the Law Society of Upper Canada' noted the provisions eliminating house arrest for certain offences abolish articling altogether. Sixty- five per cent of respondents said the minority hadn't gotten it right. In previous polls, respondents also expressed their displeasure with the task force majority' s articling task force to for a law practice program as an alternative to articling. s call LT sions on the changes from Nov. 21 to Jan. 31.

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