New trial date set for Kamloops man who had charges tossed
A new trial date has been set for a Kamloops man accused in 2015 of running a “chop shop” for firearms after Canada’s highest court refused to hear his appeal. Charles Patrick was stopped by police in...
View ArticleWelcoming Mr. Justice Leonard Marchand
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View ArticleAccused in 2017 killing in Kamloops ordered to stand trial
A Kamloops man who was charged with murder following a fatal altercation in a trailer park last year has been ordered to stand trial in B.C. Supreme Court. Stephen George Fraser was arrested and...
View ArticleMurder charge laid in connection to 2014 death of inmate in Kamloops
A charge of second-degree murder has been laid in connection with the 2014 death of a Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre prisoner initially believed not to have been suspicious. Dylan Levi Judd was...
View ArticleAlleged gangster held in custody in Kamloops
An alleged Kamloops gangster facing 15 drug-related charges will spend the foreseeable future behind bars. Erwin Dagle is facing 22 charges, including multiple counts of possession for the purpose of...
View ArticleAccused in murder at Kamloops prison makes first court appearance
Dylan Levi Judd, 20, died in Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre in January 2015. On Feb. 14, 2018, police announced that Nathaniel Jessup is facing one count of second-degree murder.Facebook photo...
View ArticleAccused’s statements ruled inadmissible; manslaughter trial begins in Kamloops
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled police were not acting lawfully when they convinced an elderly Kamloops man suspected in the stabbing death of his roommate to vaguely admit he had committed the...
View ArticleKamloops Mounties did not reveal officer shot suspect in November incident
B.C.’s police watchdog agency is looking into the matter after documents filed in Kamloops provincial court on Monday offered violent new details about an incident three months ago outside a Valleyview...
View ArticleRobertson gets 18 months in prison — four years after Kamloops Mounties...
An alleged Kamloops gangster convicted on a handful of property and firearm-related charges following a series of high-profile police raids in 2014 will spend 18 months behind bars. Jason Robertson...
View ArticleAlleged gangster Robertson out on bail as he appeals 18-month sentence
An alleged Kamloops gangster who was sentenced earlier this week to 18 months in prison is once again free on bail pending an appeal filed in B.C.’s highest court. Jason Robertson was sentenced on...
View ArticleMotel room did not look ‘tossed’ after discovery of dead man, officer testifies
The Kamloops motel room in which a man was found dead two years ago with a puncture wound to his abdomen did not appear to have been the scene of a violent altercation, court has heard. Gordon...
View ArticleAccused in Clinton beating death tells police he ‘stomped’ victim’s head
The accused in the beating death of a 61-year-old Cariboo man admitted his role in the slaying to police following his arrest in 2016, but it will be up to a judge to determine whether the statement...
View ArticleCamille manslaughter trial continues
A B.C. Supreme Court judge tasked with deciding the fate of a Kamloops man accused of stabbing his roommate to death in 2016 spent Tuesday afternoon watching video surveillance recordings of the...
View ArticleKamloops Mounties make arrest after liquor store robbed
A Lower Mainland man is in custody following an robbery late Tuesday at a Kamloops liquor store. Police were called to the Halston Liquor Store just after 11 p.m. “One male entered the store and...
View ArticleKamloops man who killed friend during argument apologizes in court; six-year...
A Kamloops man who fatally stabbed his friend following an argument over sunglasses has been handed a six-year prison sentence. Eric Charlie was sentenced in B.C. Supreme Court in Kamloops on...
View ArticleKamloops manslaughter trial ends, verdict expected on March 13
Dennis Adolph was found dead in a Valleyview motel on Jan. 26, 2016. Facebook photo The fate of an elderly Kamloops man accused of killing his roommate two years ago is now in the hands of a judge....
View ArticleJudge in manslaughter trial to rule on accused’s statement
A defence lawyer accused Mounties of intentionally dragging out a series of interviews with a suspect in a 2014 beating death — hours of questioning that culminated in a videotaped confession. Wyatt...
View ArticleCocaine courier awaits sentencing in Kamloops
An Ontario man arrested with $200,000 worth of cocaine while driving through B.C.’s Interior could face up to six years in a federal prison. Police found 3.3 kilograms of cocaine in Paul Gallagher’s...
View ArticleKamloops man found negligent in bizarre snowmobiling accident
A B.C. Supreme Court judge in Kamloops has ruled a man was negligent when his runaway snowmobile travelled unmanned at full throttle at least one kilometre, striking his friend and causing serious...
View ArticleAlleged Wolf Pack gangster gets three years, but will be free in a few weeks
An alleged Kamloops gang leader whose loaded handgun was found by police executing a search warrant in 2016 was sentenced Monday to nearly three years behind bars, but he will be out of jail in less...
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