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Jamie Bacon trial hears from woman testifying she heard shots outside her...
Mission resident Tami Bullock testified in B.C. Supreme Court Wednesday about hearing several bangs on the street outside her home more than a decade ago. Bullock told jurors at the trial of alleged...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Witness recalls night of Karbovanec shooting
I was back at the Jamie Bacon trial today for the testimony of a woman who lived near the scene of the shooting back in 2008. Next week is when one of the former associates is expected to begin...
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B.C. gun report recommendations not implemented despite ongoing violence
More than a year after a report by a B.C. government task force on illegal firearms, several key recommendations have not yet been implemented. Postmedia has learned that forensic testing of some guns...
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REAL SCOOP: Lab cuts mean some crime guns go untested
I decided to follow up on the government’s Nov. 2017 report on illegal firearms in B.C. to see what has happened in terms of the implementation of recommendations. Over the last few days of research, I...
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Mission residents recall finding shell casing after Bacon associate shot
A Mission mom testified in B.C. Supreme Court Tuesday about being out on a walk with her toddler a decade ago when the little girl picked up a shiny object she saw on the road. “My first concern was my...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Witnesses found bullets after Karbovanec shooting
More people who lived on the street where drug trafficker Dennis Karbovanec was shot on New Year’s in 2008 testified at the trial of Jamie Bacon Thursday. One of Bacon’s former associates, who got a...
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RCMP labs make more cuts to firearms testing, impacting some criminal cases
The RCMP is further cutting the number of guns used in crimes that will be sent to national forensic labs for analysis, Postmedia has learned. And that means that in some cases, criminals caught with...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Cuts to gun testing att lab
I wrote about this issue last week, then learned that the RCMP has issued a new directive further cutting the number of illegal guns being sent for testing. This is really disturbing given that guns...
View ArticleFormer associate of Jamie Bacon describes murder plot
When Jamie Bacon drew his finger across his throat after giving a hand signal for his pal Dennis Karbovanec, his former drug trafficking associate says he knew what Bacon wanted done. The associate,...
View ArticleFarnworth says B.C. may open its own gun lab to ensure firearms prosecutions
B.C. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth says he is “very, very concerned” about funding cuts at RCMP forensic labs that are preventing some illegal firearms seized by police from being analyzed....
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Former Bacon associate testifies against him
The first of two former associates of Jamie Bacon has taken the stand against him. The man, who can only be identified as AB, said he was a good friend of Bacon’s, as well as a business partner in the...
View ArticleFormer Bacon associate told Karbovanec he was behind botched hit, trial hears
A former drug trafficking partner of Jamie Bacon says he was willing to take the blame for a failed 2008 hit on their mutual associate Dennis Karbovanec “because Jamie was my boss and a friend at that...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: AB tried to protect Bacon after Karbovaence shooting
There was more interesting testimony at the Bacon trial Friday as witness AB said he was so loyal to Bacon at the time that he tried to convince Dennis Karbovanec that Bacon had nothing to do with the...
View ArticleVideo of shooting victim played at Bacon trial
An animated Dennis Karbovanec described in a police interview what happened the night his friends tried to kill him on New Year’s Eve in 2008. Karbovanec told police in the recorded statement that the...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Video of Karbovanec played at Bacon trial
Former Jamie Bacon associate AB continued his testimony Monday. The most interesting part of the day was when the Crown played video clips of shooting victim Dennis Karbovanec in court describing the...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: More charges laid after major gang investigation
Vancouver Police say four men have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder after a successful multi-agency investigation to disrupt gang violence on the Lower Mainland. So far, the investigation,...
View ArticleFormer Jamie Bacon associate gets grilled in cross-examination
A defence lawyer for Jamie Bacon suggested Tuesday that a key Crown witness was lying when he testified that Bacon was the man’s drug boss around the time another associate was targeted in a shooting....
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Former Bacon associate admits crimes on witness stand
It was another interesting day at the Bacon trial Tuesday when a defence lawyer for the accused got his chance to poke holes in the testimony of former associate Witness AB. Here’s my story: Former...
View ArticleBacon trial witness admits he disliked shooting victim
A defence lawyer for Jamie Bacon suggested Wednesday that a key Crown witness had more conflict with their former associate Dennis Karbovanec than Bacon did at the time Karbovanec was targeted in a...
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REAL SCOOP: Witness AB admits dislike of Karbovanec
AB is still under cross-examination at the Jamie Bacon trial. But he likely won’t be back on the stand until at least next week after the case was adjourned Thursday due to an issue that arose. Here’s...
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