T.O. mayor's ex-inlaw sentenced for attempted murder
"Justice Michelle Fuerst sentenced Stirpe to 18 years for the attempted murder but ordered him to first finish serving the final third of his manslaughter sentence, which expires in December.
Stirpe, who has a daughter with Kathy Ford, is now a grandfather.
The mayor's sister has a history of drug addiction and violent relationships.
In 2005, she was accidentally shot in the head by her then boyfriend Scott MacIntyre. He faced weapons offences but the charges were later dropped.
Kathy survived and the couple stayed together another seven years.
In January, just weeks after the pair split up, MacIntyre, was arrested after a bizarre confrontation with Rob Ford at the mayor's home.
The 45-year-old was charged him with two counts of threatening death, forcible entry and possession of two grams of heroin and nearly two grams of cocaine."
http://www.ottawasun.com/2012/03/16/...tempted-murder
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Mayor Rob Ford’s former brother-in-law sentenced to 18 years in prison for attack on woman
"One of the stabs cut the victim “almost to the back of her body, such that a piece of her intestine was protruding,†Judge Fuerst said.
Other wounds inflicted were a 10 centimeter gash to the victim’s scalp and excessive blunt force trauma to her face, resulting in a fractured bone in the area of the damaged eye.
A “volatile relationship†between Stirpe and Ms. Fantauzzi was cited in earlier court hearings.
In court, Judge Fuerst repeatedly pointed out that Stirpe did not call 911 until it became apparent someone else would. She also reiterated the seriousness of the victim’s wounds.
“If (Ms. Fantauzzi) had not received medical treatment, she would have bled to death.â€
Ms. Fantauzzi, a long-time addict, had smoked illicit drugs before the attack, Judge Fuerst noted.
She also said Stirpe had been told by his landlord not to see, or contact Ms. Fantauzzi as a circumstance of his release.
As the sentence was read, Stirpe, also a long-time drug addict with numerous prior convictions, stared at the judge, his mouth open. When he was led out of the prisoner’s box, the white haired former pilot turned to his lawyer in a rage.
“This is bulls—.†Stirpe said. “This is a judge that I respect. She just convicted an innocent man, that’s all I can say.â€
Before Stirpe can serve this sentence, he must first complete his earlier manslaughter sentence for the shooting death of Michael Kiklas, who had been in a relationship with his former wife, Kathy Ford, in 1998. Ms. Ford is the mother of one of Stirpe’s children and the sister of mayor Rob Ford.
That sentence will end in December this year.
(The Stirpe case is unrelated to a drama at the mayor’s house in January when Mr. Ford called police regarding an intruder. Scott MacIntyre, a long-time common-law partner of Ford’s sister, Kathy, has been charged with two counts threatening death, forcible entry and possession of heroin and cocaine in that case.)"
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/0...ed-to-18-years-in-prison-for-attack-on-woman/
