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REAL SCOOP: Witness C earlier tried to get D killed
Witness C finished his direct examination today and will be under cross-examination for the next four days. There wasn’t any real bombshells today, though both Crown and defence were asking C about...
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Ex-UN gangster says he read smuggled Crown documents at Surrey pre-trial
A former United Nations gangster says he had systems in place to smuggle items in and out of Surrey pre-trial for fellow UN members awaiting trial. The man, who can only be identified as C due to a...
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UN gang murder trial: Lawyer suggests witness 'C' testified to get out of...
A defence lawyer for accused killer Cory Vallee suggested Friday that a former United Nations gangster was testifying against his client because the witness was broke and deeply in debt. Mike Tammen...
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REAL SCOOP: Defence says C had money motive to testify
Cory Vallee defence lawyer Mike Tammen continued to methodically question Crown witness C about his decision to cooperate with police after “two decades” in a “life of crime.” Tammen suggested...
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REAL SCOOP: IHIT investigates fatal shooting in Richmond – UPDATE
A man gunned down inside his vehicle near Granville and No. 2 roads in Richmond Sunday has been identified as Jasdeep Singh Klair, 24. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is in charge of the...
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Ex-UN gangster denies he supplied gun to kill Bacon brothers' associate Kevin...
A defence lawyer suggested Monday that a former United Nations gangster provided the assault rifle used to kill Kevin LeClair, despite the man claiming the murder weapon came from an associate. Mike...
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REAL SCOOP: C denies he supplied gun for LeClair hit
Former United Nations gangster C spent his 8th day on the stand at the Cory Vallee murder trial Monday. Under the skilful cross-examination of defence lawyer Mike Tammen, C was forced to admit that he...
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Ex-UN gangster worked 20 days for $400,000 in deal with Mounties
To get $400,000 from police, an ex-United Nations gangster was only required to send encrypted messages to his former leader and arrange two meetings with a second criminal to try to get incriminating...
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REAL SCOOP: RCMP to pay $700,000 to ex-UN witnesses
Gang murder cases like the Surrey Six and the United Nations conspiracy are extremely challenging for police. We heard in the Surrey Six case that some of the former gangsters-turned-witnesses were...
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REAL SCOOP: Suspect charged in Bhangu murder
A B.C. man has been charged with the brazen afternoon slaying outside a Surrey hotel in March. Johnny Steven Drynock, 22, is facing one count of first-degree murder in the March 13 shooting of...
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REAL SCOOP: "B" explains why he turned on his former gang
There was a new witness on the stand at the Cory Vallee murder trial Thursday. “B” is the third former United Nations gangster to testify against Vallee and others in his former gang. While he hasn’t...
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Another ex-UN gangster testifies against alleged killer Cory Vallee
A former United Nations gangster who turned away from his criminal past years ago agreed to cooperate with police in 2016 because he feared going to prison for life. The man, who can only be identified...
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REAL SCOOP: Evidence at Kelowna trial delayed again
Crown prosecutors in the trial of three men charged with killing gangster Jonathan Bacon were supposed to begin calling their evidence on May 24 in a Kelowna courtroom. But that has now been delayed...
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Bacon murder took gang war to the streets of Kelowna
It was a public execution that shook Kelowna to its core. On a sunny Sunday afternoon in August 2011, outside a popular hotel and casino, a Porsche Cayenne carrying gangsters from Metro Vancouver was...
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REAL SCOOP: Bacon murder took gang war to the streets of Kelowna
I wrote this article setting up the trial of Jujhar Khun-Khun, Jason McBride and Michael Jones, which was supposed to start in Kelowna March 24. The evidence in the trial is now expected to begin the...
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Murder plot against reporter Kim Bolan revealed at UN gang trial
The Cory Vallee murder trial has offered a fascinating glimpse into the violent world of the notorious United Nations gang and its targets. UN members-turned-Crown witnesses have testified that the...
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REAL SCOOP: Murder in Vancouver, shooting in Surrey
There was more gun violence on the Lower Mainland Monday with a murder in East Vancouver and shooting in Surrey. A 33-year old woman died after being shot just after 5 p.m. Monday near East 7th Avenue...
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REAL SCOOP: Details of plot to kill me revealed at Vallee murder trial
The Cory Vallee murder trial is on a week-long break and will also be down for three weeks in June. So it looks like the trial will continue into September. Over the last three weeks at the trial, I...
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Convicted killer will go to trial in Vancouver murder, Crown says
He has already been convicted of one organized crime murder in Ontario and sentenced to life in jail. But Rabih “Robby” Alkhalil will still be prosecuted here in B.C. on a first-degree murder charge in...
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REAL SCOOP: Alkhalil to go to trial for Duhre murder, Crown says
Former B.C. resident and long-time gangster Rabih “Robby” Alkhalil was convicted in Toronto of first-degree murder May 11 and sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 25 years. I...
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