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OConnor MacLeod Hanna LLPYouth saw it on news next day Adds Homegrown TalentCarolyn McCarney and Owen Duguidslap McCarron across the face.Dean had been stabbed.Continued from page 1The situation escalated when Cook As Sharpen, McCarron andits third day.went to the area where Pezinski and Todorovich left the area they were alsoSharpen began his testimony bythe others were sitting and tried to approached by Katie Pringle, who saidtalking about bringing Todorovich,change the music, at which point she had also been stabbed in the hand.Michael Pezinski and Cory McCarronPezinski slapped his hand away.Sharpen said he offered her his shirt toto a Burlington birthday party on JulySharpen said Pezinski got to his stop the blood, but she refused.10, 2009.feet and a shoving match broke out After this, Sharpen said, they wentSharpen said he initially left thebetween him and Cook.to the nearby Canadian Tire store,party around 11 p.m. to catch a busAt this point, Sharpen said, the where Todorovich called 911 and toldback to Hamilton. However, at the buscrowd of around 20-30 people turned the operator to send an ambulance andstop at the corner of Brant Street andagainst him and his three friends.police as people had been stabbed.OConnor MacLeod Hanna LLP, Haltons largest full service law rm, is pleased Lakeshore Road, he bumped into histo welcome Carolyn McCarney and Owen Duguid to our team of specialized Sharpen said he and McCarron The three bumped into anotherfriend Todorovich, then 18, and theprofessionals.began making their way up the stairs friend from the party and were able toothers.A lifelong Halton resident, Carolyn is Owen, who was raised and educated to leave, but McCarron was punched in get a ride back to Hamilton.Sharpen said all three men werejoining OConnor MacLeod Hanna LLP in Halton, is joining the Real Estatethe back by Gary Dean, one of the men Sharpen said at this point he onlyslightly intoxicated and looking for aas a civil litigator. She regularly appears group of OConnor MacLeod Hannawho was later stabbed by Todorovich.believed a fight had taken place and heparty. Sharpen suggested they go backbefore the Courts and tribunals on LLP. Owens practice includes aSharpen said he pushed Dean back went to sleep when he arrived atbehalf of corporations and individuals. range of residential, commercial, and to the birthday party he just left.Carolyns practice includes matters municipal real estate matters includingand told him to Let it go.home.He also said he advised them on thesuch as breach of contract, employment the purchase, sale, leasing and nancingAs Sharpen and McCarron mount-The next day he got a text fromway to behave themselves at the partyand estate litigation, construction and of real property, and subdivision and ed the stairs, Sharpen said, he looked Storey, telling him Jesse Comeau, 16,landlord/tenant disputes, and various condominium registrations.and avoid any drama.other types of commercial litigation. back to see Pezinski trying to get up had been stabbed to death at the party.Once they arrived at the party,the stairs, but was being pulled back Sharpen said he didnt believe himSharpen introduced Todorovich andCarolyn can be reached directly at:Owen can be reached directly at:down by the crowd.until he saw a news report confirmingthe others to the partys host andTel: 905.842.8030 x 3354Tel: 905.842.8030 x 3359Sharpen testified that after he and what had happened.Fax: 905.842.2460Fax: 905.842.4180Megan Petries mother, who allowedEmail: mccarney@omh.caEmail: duguid@omh.caMcCarron got to the homes front A short time later Todorovich calledthem to stay. They went to the base-door, Pezinski ran past them and was asking if Sharpen wanted to hang out.ment, where there was music andchased down the street by a number of Sharpen told Todorovich what hedancing, and hung out.people. Sharpen said he then saw had just learned.Sharpen said at some point anTodorovich come out of the basement. He didnt believe me initially. Thenintoxicated Andrew Cook came down-The three went outside and across the he was just shocked, said Sharpen.stairs and began swearing at the threestreet.He said it was the stupidest thingnewcomers, apparently believing theyA short time later Peyton Storey, hed ever done and he 700 Kerr Street, Oakville, ON, L6K 3W5just kept repeat-had crashed the party.www.omh.ca17, approached them, yelling that ing himself.Sharpen said Cook went so far as to13 Friday, June 17, 2011 OAKVILLE BEAVER www.insideHALTON.com