Person Y was motivated to lie for huge payout, Johnston’s lawyer argues
An admitted killer who became a police agent in the Surrey Six case is a terrifying, despicable, monster motivated by self-preservation and a payout of almost a million dollars, a defence lawyer for...
View ArticleEvidence suggests plot to rob, not murder, Surrey Six defence lawyer says
The evidence in the Surrey Six case suggests there may have been a plan to rob rival drug trafficker Corey Lal, but not to murder him, a lawyer for accused killer Matt Johnston argued Thursday. Mike...
View ArticleThree Hells Angels associates guilty of manslaughter in Dain Phillips death
Applause and cheers broke out in B.C. Supreme Court Friday when three Hells Angels associates were convicted of manslaughter in the vicious fatal beating of a Kelowna dad. Justice Mark McEwan found...
View ArticleIf Johnston was in 1505, he should only be convicted of manslaughter: lawyer
A lawyer for accused Surrey Six killer Matt Johnston said that even if he was in the apartment where six men were shot to death on Oct. 19, 2007, he should only be convicted of manslaughter. Mike...
View ArticleBacon faces new charges in 2008 plot to kill Person X
Accused Surrey Six killer Jamie Bacon is facing three new charges for an alleged plot to kill a former Red Scorpion gang mate known only as Person X. Bacon, who is yet to go to trial in the 2007...
View ArticleSurrey Six verdict to come October 2, judge says
KIM BOLAN Vancouver Sun B.C. Supreme Court Justice Catherine Wedge says she’ll deliver her verdict against accused Surrey Six killers Cody Haevischer and Matt Johnston on Oct. 2. Wedge addressed the...
View ArticleFive years later, Brandon Hughes’ family wants answers in his slaying
Five years later, Kevin Hughes is still haunted by the unimaginable task of performing CPR on his dying son Brandon for 20 minutes while he waited for an ambulance. It was just after 2 a.m. on July 23,...
View ArticleTrial for broadcaster charged in 2010 shooting delayed until next April
The trial of a high-profile Surrey broadcaster charged in an August 2010 shooting was adjourned in B.C. Supreme Court Thursday after an issue arose over recent Crown disclosure in the case. Justice...
View ArticleDrug gang enforcer charged in June’s Brentwood Mall shooting
Last fall, convicted drug gang enforcer Trevor “Trey” Taylor was released on $5,000 bail in Kamloops after being charged with extortion, robbery and use of an imitation firearm. Last month, he...
View ArticleMan stabbed to death in Surrey Friday identified as Donald Deweyn
Homicide investigators have identified the victim of a fatal stabbing in Surrey Friday morning as 63-year-old Donald William Deweyn. S.Sgt. Jennifer Pound, of the Integrated Homicide Investigation...
View ArticleClay Roueche loses another appeal bid
United Nations gang founder Clay Roueche has lost his latest bid to get another review of the 30-year sentence he was handed in Seattle for drug smuggling and money laundering. Two U.S. appeal court...
View ArticleMan shot in southeast Vancouver Sunday night
The man shot in southeast Vancouver Sunday has already been released from hospital, Vancouver Police Const. Brian Montague said Monday. Montague said no one has been arrested in the case. Just before 9...
View ArticleB.C. Red Scorpion and associates arrested in Alberta
B.C.’s anti-gang police say it’s no surprise that one of the province’s most notorious gangs has set up shop in Alberta. Sgt. Lindsey Houghton, of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, said...
View ArticleMan wounded in Vancouver shooting was already facing manslaughter charge
A gang associate wounded in a southeast Vancouver shooting on Sunday night was out on bail in a manslaughter case when he was targeted. The Vancouver Sun has learned the man hurt near East 63rd Avenue...
View ArticleRichmond RCMP release details of two shootings Monday
Richmond RCMP is releasing details about two drive-by shootings in Steveston Monday night. Cpl. Stephanie Ashton said police were called to the 3600-block of Williams Road about 10:30 p.m. after...
View ArticleIHIT called out to fatal shooting in Maple Ridge
A man was fatally shot in Maple Ridge Tuesday night and the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has been called to the scene. Scan B.C. reported the shooting at about 11 p.m., saying a male had shot...
View ArticleCFSEU arrests three “high-ranking” 856 gang members
They take their gang name from the prefix of Aldergrove phone numbers. Now 856 gang members have expanded well beyond their Langley origins to traffic drugs in other parts of Canada, Sgt. Lindsey...
View ArticleSerial killer Charles Kembo loses appeal
Serial killer Charles Kembo has lost his appeal of four 2010 murder convictions. The B.C. Court of Appeal rejected arguments from Kembo’s lawyer that the jurors who convicted him were given improper...
View ArticleFormer Renegade biker sentenced for three vicious assaults
A former member of the Renegades biker gang was sentenced Thursday to two years in jail for a vicious attack on three people in Prince George last December. Jason Dennis Townsend, 37, was convicted of...
View ArticleTyson Edwards’ killers lose appeal of 2012 manslaughter convictions
Three men who were found guilty in the fatal stabbing of Tyson Edwards outside a Vancouver nightclub have lost an appeal of their manslaughter convictions. Sebastian Miazga, Patrick Plowman and Nolan...
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