{
 "id": "002",
 "offence": "conspiracy to murder — one case, two accused",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "years": "2010",
 "story": [
  "One conspiracy: hire a hitman and kill his wife. One jury. The same two offences for both. She was the one who looked for the killer; the \"hitman\" turned out to be a police officer.",
  "The Crown asked for the same sentence for both.",
  "Sentence: 6 years for him, 3.5 years for her."
 ],
 "male": {
  "case": "R. v. Terpstra",
  "citation": "2011 ONCA 500",
  "court": "Ontario Superior Court of Justice, jury, 28.06.2010; appeal — Court of Appeal for Ontario",
  "date": "2011-07-05",
  "charge": "counselling murder and conspiracy to murder",
  "outcome": "convicted",
  "sentence": "6 years",
  "facts": "The same two offences, the same plan and the same jury as hers. The intended victim was his wife (para. 1).",
  "source": "https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onca/doc/2011/2011onca500/2011onca500.html"
 },
 "female": {
  "case": "R. v. Terpstra (co-accused Serrena Benninger)",
  "citation": "2011 ONCA 500, para. 2",
  "court": "Ontario Superior Court of Justice, jury, 28.06.2010",
  "date": "2010-06-28",
  "charge": "counselling murder and conspiracy to murder",
  "outcome": "convicted",
  "sentence": "3.5 years",
  "facts": "His girlfriend. Convicted by the same jury of the same two offences; she was the one who looked for the killer (paras. 1, 2).",
  "source": "https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onca/doc/2011/2011onca500/2011onca500.html"
 },
 "law": [
  "Criminal Code s. 718.2(b)",
  "Charter s. 15",
  "Charter s. 28"
 ],
 "after": "The Court of Appeal left the difference in place: he was the \"prime mover\", the victim was his wife, and he \"used\" his girlfriend (paras. 3–4).",
 "after_source": "https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onca/doc/2011/2011onca500/2011onca500.html",
 "added": "2026-10-17"
}