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REAL SCOOP: Faint hope hearing for killer suspected in Hayer murder
I remember covering Robbie Soomel’s arrest back in 2000 for the slaying of his childhood friend Gurp Sohi. He has now been in jail for 18 years and wants to get out before reaching the 25-year mark...
View ArticleFormer accused in money laundering case try to get cash returned
Days after charges were stayed in the province’s largest-ever money laundering case, a lawyer for the former accused was in B.C. Supreme Court trying to get millions of dollars seized by police...
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REAL SCOOP: Former accused in laundering case want cash back
My former colleague Sam Cooper has written a lot about the E-Pirate money laundering investigation. He mentioned it again in a series he did for Global TV, where he is now working. So I was surprised...
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Retired biker cop testifies about Hells Angels at B.C. civil forfeiture trial
The retired head of the Ontario Provincial Police Biker Enforcement Unit testified in B.C. Supreme Court on Tuesday that Hells Angels paraphernalia and “knick knacks” on display at clubhouses are there...
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REAL SCOOP: Kelowna HA made changes before clubhouse inspection: witness
The Hells Angels civil forfeiture case is continuing with long-time Ontario biker cop Len Isnor on the stand. He retired last year but is testifying as a witness for the director of civil forfeiture....
View ArticleUnion says guards followed policy in B.C. inmate's van death
The vice-president of the union that represents B.C. prison guards says his members followed policy the day an inmate died in the back of a corrections van. Dean Purdy of the B.C. Government and...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Guards followed policy, union claims in memo
Last month, I broke the sad story of the death of Alex Joseph in the back of a B.C. Corrections van on a long-haul transfer between Prince George and Maple Ridge. Other inmates tried to get him help,...
View ArticleKiller denied faint-hope hearing for early parole after 2000 gang slaying in...
A judge has denied killer Robbie Soomel a chance at early parole, saying that a jury is not likely to vote unanimously in Soomel’s favour if he ordered a faint-hope hearing. B.C. Supreme Court Justice...
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REAL SCOOP: Killer denied faint hope hearing
It was just just last week that killer Robbie Soomel’s lawyer tried to convince a B.C. Supreme Court Justice George Macintosh that his client was a changed man and should be able to apply for parole...
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Another B.C. gangster shot to death in Mexico
For the third time this year, a Metro Vancouver gangster has been shot to death in Mexico. Jodh Singh Manj, 31, was gunned down after leaving a gym in a commercial complex in the Mexico City...
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REAL SCOOP: Another B.C gangster gunned down in Mexico
As Real Scoop readers noted last night, there were reports out of Mexico about the brutal slaying of another Canadian. I confirmed it was former Vancouver resident Jodh Manj. Here’s my story: Another...
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Mother, uncle of murdered B.C. woman lose last-ditch court battle on...
The mother and uncle of a young B.C. woman murdered in Punjab in 2000 have lost their last-ditch attempt to avoid extradition to India. The B.C. Court of Appeal has dismissed an application from Malkit...
View ArticleLawyers for former accused in court to get millions returned
Federal prosecutors are delaying the return of millions seized in a money laundering investigation so that the B.C. director of civil forfeiture can file a claim against the cash, lawyer Matthew...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: No details yet about why E-Pirate charges stayed
I was back at B.C. Supreme Court Wednesday to hear Charter arguments from lawyers presenting the two people formerly accused of money laundering in the massive E-Pirate investigation. While there was a...
View ArticleYoung Lower Mainland gangsters sent to prison on arson conspiracy, gun charges
Two young men involved in a violent Lower Mainland gang conflict were handed lengthy sentences in B.C. Supreme Court Thursday. Taqdir Singh Gill and Walta Abay, along with five others, were arrested in...
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REAL SCOOP: Young Vancouver gangsters sentenced after plea deal
When charges against Taqdir Gill and his associates were announced last May, Vancouver Police Supt. Mike Porteous said the young gangsters were contracting themselves out to do hits for more...
View ArticleBurnaby man 'not criminally responsible' for killing wife: judge
A Burnaby man who called 911 and admitted he stabbed his wife with a machete has been found not criminally responsible for killing her because of the serious mental illness he was suffering from at the...
View ArticleAssault charge stayed against Okanagan man
The B.C. Prosecution Service has stayed an aggravated assault charge laid in August against a convicted drug smuggler. Jody Archie York had been charged following an altercation at Monte Lake, which is...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Assault charge laid in August dropped by Crown
I wanted to update readers about the status of the charge laid last summer against Jody York. It was stayed Nov, 22. Crown is not saying much about why. Here’s my update: Assault charge stayed against...
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Bikers come from near and far for funeral of murdered B.C. Hells Angel
More than 300 mourners packed a Maple Ridge church Saturday to remember slain Hells Angel Chad Wilson. Some members of the notorious biker gang and their support clubs arrived on Harleys — many of...
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