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Gangster Michael Newman gets murder conviction down-graded
The B.C. Court of Appeal has overturned a first-degree murder conviction for United Nations gang killer Michael Newman and substituted a second-degree conviction instead. That means Newman, who killed...
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Surrey Six killers sue government for treatment in pre-trial custody
Surrey Six killers Cody Haevischer and Matthew Johnston are suing the B.C. government for the way they were treated while awaiting trial for the 2007 slaughter of six. Both men, who were convicted of...
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Another shooting late Saturday in Surrey
Surrey RCMP is confirming evidence of another shooting late Saturday in the 3000-block of Croydon Drive. S.Sgt. Murray Hedderson said in a news release that the Mounties began getting 911 calls at...
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Vancouver smuggler gets seven-year sentence in Washington
A 52-year-old Vancouver man who smuggled ecstasy and cocaine across the Canada-U.S. border for years was handed a seven-year sentence in a Seattle courtroom Tuesday. Philip Cote will also be on...
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IHIT called to New Westminster homicide
On June 3rd, 2015 New Westminster Police got 911 calls just before 7 p.m. Wednesday about a male and female fighting in the 1500-block of 8th Avenue. When police got there, they found a dead woman. A...
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Murder suspect convicted of firearms charges
A Vancouver man suspected of a role in the 2012 murder of gangster Sandip Duhre has been convicted on nine firearms charges. Dean Michael Wiwchar had admitted to possessing two guns found in his...
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Convicted killer denied private family visits
Convicted murderer Jean James desperately wants to be able to enjoy private family visits with her husband and adult son. But the Correctional Service of Canada says the 76-year-old killer is too...
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Son arrested in mother’s murder
A Richmond man who disappeared after his mother was found dead in her house has now been located and charged. Richmond RCMP officers were called to the home of Redelma Belisario in the 11000-block of...
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No injuries after shots fired in Surrey Monday
Surrey RCMP was called to the 7200-block of 120th Street just after 9 p.m. Monday after another report of shots fired. “Upon police arrival, officers recovered evidence confirming shots had been...
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Vancouver Police trying to solve a 57-year-old murder mystery
Vancouver Police are looking for information to help solve the mysterious murder of an entire family at their south Vancouver home 57 years ago this week. The VPD has added the triple-homicide of the...
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Eight suspects charged with trafficking in Richmond
Richmond Mounties say they have disrupted a drug line that was selling cocaine and heroin throughout the city. Eight people are now charged in connection with the drug line, which sold some of its...
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Gun violence continues in Surrey Friday night
Surrey RCMP is confirming early this morning that two men were injured in a shooting just before 10:00 p.m. Friday. Sgt. Dale Carr said in a news release that Mounties received several calls of shots...
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Two more men injured in Saturday shooting in Surrey
For the third night in a row, young men have been targeted in shootings south of the Fraser. Just after 10 p.m. Saturday, Surrey RCMP was called out to the 18600-block of Hwy 10 for several calls of...
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Lack of cooperation from wounded gangsters still an obstacle for police
He’s been shot twice in the last few months in Surrey’s violent turf war, but 28-year-old Ravinder Samra is still refusing to cooperate with police. So Surrey RCMP took the unusual step Monday of...
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UN gang associate says he delivered drugs for Tilli-Choli for cash
United Nations gang associate Aram Ali broke down and cried at his attempted murder trial Tuesday as he recalled being broke and living in a car just a month before the shooting for which he’s now...
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UN associate admits he pulled the trigger in T-Barz shooting
More than six years after a shooting outside a Surrey strip club, a gang associate charged with attempted murder admitted Thursday that he pulled the trigger. But Aram Ali testified in B.C. Supreme...
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Sister of Greek victim calls his attackers monsters
The sister of a Greek man clinging to life after three Canadian Hells Angels allegedly beat him called his attackers “monsters” who were drunk and looking for trouble. The woman, who asked not to be...
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Vacation-time!
I’m off for the next week enjoying some of B.C.’s beautiful lakes! So I’m closing the comments on the Real Scoop until June 29, as there will be no one available to moderate them. Enjoy the sunshine...
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Do Canadians have a double standard about Sikh terrorists?
Vancouver Sun crime reporter Kim Bolan marked the 30th anniversary of the Air India bombing by citing how at least one Sikh gurdwara in Surrey still prominently displays the photo of the militant that...
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Convicted killer denied private family visits
Convicted murderer Jean James desperately wants to be able to enjoy private family visits with her husband and adult son. But the Correctional Service of Canada says the 76-year-old killer is too...
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