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A teen says "Warlock" drove him to murder; did a horror film spark a brutal child slaying?

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The attorney for 14-year-old Sandy Charles alleges that satanic violence depicted in the 1991 film 'Warlock' influenced Charles to kidnap and kill seven-year-old Johnathan Thimpsen. The La Ronge, Saskatchewan murder has revived calls for more curbs on violence in the media.

Author: Bergman, Brian
Publisher: Rogers Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1996
Influence, Saskatchewan, Violence in mass media, Media violence, Warlock (Motion picture), Charles, Sandy

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Mar 24, 2010 @ 4:16 pm
You know something really messed up was that Sandy Charles as a young offender in room 1 of the east wing of Kilburn Hall, was not crazy. He had an obsession for attention I know I was his neighbor. He may have been a YO and would of served 4-7 yrs. incarcerated but where is he now. Free? The weirdest thing when I moved from being his neighbor was that Barry Dearing moved in and he too was a killer of Biggar. He wasn't crazy either, but what a fucking weirdo with his in bred family and his need for attention. Well another killer graduated from YO to adult Kilburn Hall should change its standards on YO closed custody act and how to deal with Young Offenders. There just making killers out of petty criminals.

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Teenage wasteland: two alleged killers provide chilling testimony

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Three teenagers are accused of robbing and then brutally murdering retirees Frank and Jocelyn Toope in their Montreal, home in Apr 1995. In the first trial, two of the teenagers testified they were high on drugs and alcohol when they committed the crime.

Author: Bergman, Brian
Publisher: Rogers Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1995
Crimes against, Teenagers, Youth, Montreal, Quebec, Toope, Frank, Toope, Jocelyn

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A suburban tragedy

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Three young teenage girls have been charged with the robbery and stabbing death of Kulwarn Dhiman, an Indian immigrant to Canada, on July 8 in Calgary, Alberta. The grisly murder has spawned a debate on the merits of Canada's juvenile justice system.

Author: Bergman, Brian
Publisher: Rogers Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1995
Canada, Teenage girls, Juvenile corrections, Calgary, Alberta

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