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Accused killer Peter Beckett cites B.C.’s ‘kangaroo court’
BECKETT AND LETTS A week after a 12-person B.C. Supreme Court jury was unable to come to a unanimous verdict as to whether Peter Beckett killed his Canadian wife in 2010, the former New Zealand...
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Another delay in sentencing on child-porn guilty plea
Andrew McKay The sentencing of Andrew McKay, former director of graduate studies at Thompson Rivers University, has again been delayed. McKay is charged with one count of possession of child...
View ArticleCrown seeks indefinite sentence for ‘versatile’ criminal
Calling him an “under-prosecuted” and “versatile” criminal, the Crown is seeking an indefinite prison sentence for a convicted killer from the Lillooet area who appears to enjoy life behind bars....
View ArticleAlberta man facing Kamloops sex charges banned from B.C.
A Calgary man accused of committing sex crimes against a Kamloops teenager last summer has been released on bail, but ordered to stay out of B.C. Cory Richard Swain is accused of touching a person...
View ArticleA lesson on posting lies online
An Abbotsford woman has been ordered to pay more than $65,000 after making unfounded accusations over Facebook suggesting her neighbour was a pedophile who set up mirrors and cameras in his backyard to...
View ArticleAccused in Winners knife threat in Kamloops will remain behind bars
A man accused of pulling a knife on the manager of a Kamloops clothing store and threatening to “slice” her will spend the foreseeable future in a jail cell despite fears he may fall prey to other...
View ArticleKamloops Law Courts evacuated after bomb threat
UPDATE: Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jodie Shelkie said the Kamloops Law Courts may reopen Monday after lunch. She said local Mounties are in contact with the bomb squad from Vancouver to determine if they are...
View ArticleAppeal tossed in firehall construction lawsuit
The B.C. Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling that the City of Kamloops correctly followed its procedures when it ruled out a bid on a firehall project from a construction firm. True Construction Ltd....
View ArticleUPDATED: First fentanyl-dealing sentencing in B.C. underway in Kamloops
A sentencing hearing got underway on Tuesday for a Kamloops drug dealer busted with a stash of fentanyl pills stamped to look like Percocet — a legal step the Crown says is the first fentanyl...
View ArticleVehicle’s black-box privacy at issue of legal argument
Two Kamloops lawyers are making a bid to overturn a B.C. Court of Appeal decision that found drivers have no expectation of privacy relating to data in their vehicle’s black box. Fifty-four-year-old...
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Two-week hearing for Kamloops man charged with murder
Dennis Adolph was found dead in the 4 Seasons Motel in Valleyview on Jan. 26. Gordon Camille is charged with second-degree murder. Facebook photo The Crown will call 29 witnesses and present more...
View ArticleAccused in poaching case cite delay by Crown
A First Nations couple who claimed they are being “persecuted for being Indian” after being charged with poaching offences have asked a judge to throw out their charges because of excessive delay...
View ArticleCheckered past trips up would-be lawyer
Should a registered sex offender who admitted to sexting with a 15-year-old co-worker at a Kamloops pizza shop when he was 22 be allowed to become a lawyer? According to the Law Society of B.C., no —...
View ArticleNinety days behind bars for spooking woman in bed
A man convicted of breaking into a home after a party and surprising a woman sleeping in her bedroom was sentenced Friday to 90 days in jail. Steven Robison, 41, was convicted of break and enter with...
View ArticleAccused in murder gets bail; charged with killing uncle
A Lytton man accused of murdering his uncle in January has been released on bail. Colton Smith, 20, is charged with second-degree murder in connection to the Jan. 22 stabbing death of Jeremiah Johnson...
View ArticleMinistry care, not jail for flight from Mounties
A 19-year-old who broke conditions of his conditional sentence following a high-speed car chase during which he drove down the wrong lane of the Trans-Canada Highway will be returned to the care of the...
View ArticleJudge will rule later on Project Gator applications
A Crown prosecutor argued Tuesday that a couple alleged to have sold deer meat to undercover conservation officers was operating an illegal business. Jay Coutts and Fara Palmer are each charged with...
View ArticleParents get conditional discharge for spanking teen daughter
By Barb Brouwer Salmon Arm Observer A former Salmon Arm couple who were convicted of assaulting their 14-year-old daughter by spanking her with a skipping rope and mini hockey stick in 2015 have...
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Accused killer wants second trial moved out of Kamloops
BECKETT AND LETTS A New Zealander facing a second murder trial on allegations he drowned his wife on Upper Arrow Lake near Revelstoke six years ago is making an application to move the proceedings out...
View ArticleProbation for attempted safe heist
A 52-year-old woman will be spared jail after attempting to steal a safe from a Sahali home — a crime she later told police was meant to help her grandchildren. Brenda Bradford pleaded guilty to one...
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