Live updates: Jonathan Bacon murder trial
Red Scorpion gang leader Jonathan Bacon was shot to death on Aug. 14, 2011, when his vehicle was sprayed with gunfire outside Kelowna’s Delta Grand resort. Injured in the shooting were Hells Angel...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Witness recalls chaos and blood at Bacon murder scene
The Crown finally began its evidence today against Jason McBride, Jujhar Khun-Khun and Michael Jones, all three of whom are charged with first-degree murder for gunning down Jonathan Bacon here in...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Witnesses to Bacon shooting describe terror
It was a dramatic day at the Kelowna trial of three men charged with killing Red Scorpion Jonathan Bacon on Aug. 14, 2011. Visitors to the city who had booked at the luxurious Delta Grand hotel...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Dramatic encounter before fatal shooting
The trial of Jujhar Khun-Khun, Jason McBride and Michael Jones heard more dramatic evidence Wednesday from people who just happened to be in the area when gunman opened fire on an SUV containing...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Witness describes trying to save Jon Bacon
There was more stunning testimony at the trial of Jujhar Khun-Khun, Jason McBride and Michel Jones Thursday. Hearing Vaughn Smeltzer, a Penticton man who ran towards the hotel to help the wounded, was...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Sisters caught glimpse of driver in suspect SUV
There were more “civilian” witnesses at the trial of Jujhar Khun-Khun, Michael Jones and Jason McBride today. These are people who just happened to be near the scene of the Jonathan Bacon murder on...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Crime scene video shows shooting carnage
A retired RCMP forensic identification specialist testified Wednesday at the trial of Jujhar Khun-Khun, Jason McBride and Michael Jones. Cora Malewski described the work she did collecting evidence...
View ArticleVideo of Jonathan Bacon murder scene in Kelowna shows carnage
KELOWNA — The video of the crime scene shows the carnage. A white Porsche Cayenne with bullet holes through every door and window, its interior soaked in the blood of its occupants. Shell casings from...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Video of Bacon shooting played at trial
Crown prosecutor Martin Nadon introduced a series of surveillance videos Thursday at the murder trial of Jujhar Khun-Khun, Michael Jones and Jason McBride. They came from various security cameras...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: IHIT investigating Langley slaying
Homicide investigators are probing a targeted murder at a popular Langley restaurant. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says a man was killed and a second wounded at the Browns’ Socialhouse at...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Longshoreman loses court battle over security pass
Arun Randhawa doesn’t think its fair that he can’t get a security pass to work on the Vancouver waterfront just because his brother are convicted drug smugglers. But the Federal Court of Canada has...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Greeks gang members appeal murder convictions
Five years after they were convicted of first-degree murder for a series of brutal gangland slayings, members of Vernon’s notorious Greeks gang are having their appeals heard at the Vancouver Law...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: IHIT seeks witnesses in targeted murder
Homicide investigators released the identity of the man killed in Langley Friday night. He is former Campbell River resident Tyler Joseph Pastuck. The other man injured in the shooting is Kyle Gianis,...
View ArticleAccused B.C. drug smuggler loses appeal of extradition order
An accused B.C. drug smuggler has lost his appeal of a government decision to send him to the U.S. to face charges dating back a decade. Colin Hugh Martin had argued before the B.C. Court of Appeal...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Colin Martin loses appeal of extradition case
Colin Martin was first charged almost eight years ago with drug smuggling in Washington state. The U.S. then began extradition proceedings, resulting in a B.C. Supreme Court hearing in 2014. At the end...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Suspected overdose victim was gang trafficker
There have been so many over dose victims across the province this year. So it’s not surprising that even mid-level drug traffickers can die from the product they have been peddling. Dustin Wadsworth,...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: IHIT investigating murder near Squamish
Homicide cops have been called in to investigate after a man’s body was found in a burned vehicle near Squamish earlier this month. Squamish RCMP Cpl. Sascha Banks said officers responded to a...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Judge rules evidence allowed in Bacon murder trial
There was a ruling handed down this week by the judge presiding over the Bacon murder trial allowing evidence obtained in connection with another investigation to be used against Jason McBride in the...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Surrey RCMP investigating brazen shooting
Two men were injured in Surrey Sunday afternoon after two gunmen opened fire on their white sedan in a quiet residential neighbourhood. The men made their way to hospital after fleeing the shooting in...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: More Abbotsford arrests linked to gang war
Abbotsford gang cops have made more arrests of suspects linked to the regional gang conflict. Abbotsford Police Staff Sgt. Judy Bird said in a news release that two young men were picked up for...
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