Murder hearing begins in Kamloops
A preliminary hearing is underway in B.C. Supreme Court in Kamloops for two men accused of murder in the shooting death of a 24-year-old man in Blind Bay. Nick Larson, 24, died on June 1, 2011,...
View ArticleTrial crumbles after judge rules RCMP breached Charter rights of accused
The Crown has abandoned its trial against a former log-home builder alleged to have operated a “chop shop” for firearms after a B.C. Supreme Court justice ruled RCMP made too many errors in its...
View ArticleDNA match leads to arrest in 2009 North Shore sex assault
Six years after a Kamloops woman was sexually assaulted at gunpoint in a North Shore park, a DNA match has landed a suspect behind bars. Taylor James Howard Matchett was arrested yesterday in Edmonton....
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Defence seeks to have raid of drugs, weapons, stolen items declared illegal
Jason Robertson (Facebook) Defence lawyers are attempting to have a high-profile police seizure last year of weapons, drugs and stolen electronics ruled an illegal search. Jason and Sarah Robertson...
View ArticleKamloops lawyer fights to alter human-smuggling law
A Kamloops lawyer was part of an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada that found the country’s human smuggling law is too broad, threatening to criminalize refugee families or friends who help each...
View ArticleKamloops man gets four years for shooting romantic rival in butt
A Kamloops man who made a Facebook confession to an undercover police officer that he fired 11 bullets at a romantic rival — one of which struck the man in the right butt cheek — has been handed a jail...
View ArticleFrom murder to driving without a licence
A murderer on parole in Kamloops escaped a criminal conviction yesterday after being busted last year driving while prohibited. On Dec. 1, 1994, Ian Ross Mooring and an accomplice, Ronnie James Woods,...
View ArticleHis home for the holidays will be a jail cell
Despite a plea to be home for the holidays, a judge has ordered a Kamloops man who harassed his ex with text messages and Facebook friend requests to spend Christmas behind bars. Kristopher Hrynczuk...
View ArticleRapist fails in bid to have indeterminate sentence set aside
The B.C. Court of Appeal has rejected a bid by a dangerous offender to have his indeterminate sentence lifted. Dennis Wayne Bragg was convicted five years ago of sexual assault following a brutal,...
View ArticleAccused in shooting of Kamloops Mountie ordered to stand trial
The man accused of shooting a Kamloops RCMP corporal 12 months ago has been ordered by a judge to stand trial. Security was ramped up at the Kamloops Law Courts on Monday for Kenneth Knutson’s...
View ArticleJan. 5 start to inquiry into sex-assault charges against former Mountie,...
Six of the eight alleged victims of a former RCMP officer and youth hockey coach facing sexual assault charges dating back more than 30 years have asked the Crown for special accommodations when they...
View ArticleArguments in March on trial delay in fatal boat crash trial
Lawyers are set to argue in March whether delays by the Crown should result in acquittal of a boater found guilty following a deadly crash on Shuswap Lake. The defence already filed an application...
View ArticleSeparation includes return of poodle, tattoo money
A Kamloops judge has ordered a man to return to his ex-girlfriend a poodle the couple owned before they broke up, along with $420 he spent on a tattoo paid for with her debit card. Kamloops provincial...
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Former mayoral candidate to stand trial in January on assault charge
Pierre Filisetti The candidate who placed a distant second to Mayor Peter Milobar in last year’s civic election is set to go on trial in provincial court next month on a charge of assault with a...
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Killer of pregnant, teenaged girlfriend to be sentenced in February
Sixteen-year-old CJ Fowler was dating 22-year-old Damien Taylor when she was murdered on Dec. 5, 2012. Taylor has been convicted of second-degree murder and will be sentenced on Feb. 15, 2016. A...
View ArticleCrown needs expert to testify in trial of international student
A Thompson Rivers University international student accused of drunkenly driving his vehicle into a downtown Kamloops office building in April — a crash that caused “exponential” damage, according to...
View ArticleCourt dismisses $600,000 claim against Kamloops developer
A B.C. Supreme Court justice has rejected a businessman’s claim that Kamloops developer Casey VanDongen owes him more than $600,000. Michael Gook filed a lawsuit against VanDongen’s Total Concept...
View ArticleAccused in robbery of mentally disabled man will remain behind bars
A Kamloops woman alleged to have used a fake handgun to rob a mentally disabled man of his glasses before breaking into a nearby home will spend then foreseeable future in a jail cell. Sarah...
View ArticleKamloops man, once focus of anti-terrorism unit, back behind bars
A Kamloops man who in 2013 was the subject of an investigation by a national anti-terrorism unit has been ordered to spend the next six weeks in jail for breaching his curfew. Tristan Fernandez, 19,...
View ArticleChase man who knocked out girlfriend’s teeth in attack avoids prison
A former junior hockey player who beat his girlfriend in a what a judge called a ”shocking” attack in April — leaving her with broken teeth — has avoided jail. Isaac Willard was instead handed 75...
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