He eluded capture for fifteen years. But a former Vancouver political staffer has now owned up to sexually assaulting teenage girls. Ibata Hexamer has entered guilty pleas for sexually assaulting girls, the first back in 1995, when he pulled a 13-year-old into the stairwell at Lord Nelson Elementary. Hexamer also sexually assaulted two 14-year-old … [Read more...]
De Patie killer out of prison
July 23, 2012 by
The man who dragged Maple Ridge gas station attendent Grant De Patie to his death in 2005 is out of prison. Darnell Pratt's sentence expired yesterday. De Patie's father Doug says it's only a matter of time before pratt re-offends, because he breached his parole conditions time and time again. "I give him absolutely no time before re-offends. … [Read more...]
Matsqui prison lockdown update
July 19, 2012 by
The Matsqui prison in Abbotsford has been under lockdown since 11am yesterday, but officials with medium-security federal penitentiary have confirmed it's not something considered serious. It involves a weapon being found inside, so the facility needs to be searched. Visits have been suspended until further … [Read more...]
“Prince of Pot” has two years in U.S. prison sentence
July 8, 2012 by
Another milestone for B.C.’s self-proclaimed “Prince of Pot.” Marc Emery has just two years left now behind bars in an American prison, serving a five-year sentence for selling marijuana seeds by mail and phone order to the U.S. His wife, Jodie, is marking the occasion with him in Mississippi. "Eighty-five percent of the five-year … [Read more...]
12 years in prison for home invasion and rape
June 22, 2012 by
A Burnaby man who raped a woman during a home invasion nearly five years ago has been sentenced to twelve years in prison, but once time served is factored in, it works out to less than half that time. Justin Derek rao took part in the gang-rape during a violent December, 2008 break-in. At his trial, his brother, Daniel, testified he was the one … [Read more...]
Prison time in manslaughter case
June 19, 2012 by
A Surrey man who pleaded guilty in connection with the death of his girlfriend in 2011 has been handed four years in prison. 48 year old Harvey Frank Bracken pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of 40 year old Jennifer Ferguson. In early February of 2011, her body--wrapped in plastic-- was found in the North Shore woods. CKNW … [Read more...]
Prison time in deadly shooting
May 30, 2012 by
Steven Mulligan-Brum has been sentenced to seven years in prison, minus two and a half years for time served. The 22 year old from Surrey pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the July 2010 shooting death of Kosovo immigrant, year old Adam Alieu. In sentencing, BC Supreme Court justice Elizabeth Arnold Bailey says she is not convinced he showed … [Read more...]
Guilty gangsters face prison time
May 17, 2012 by
Three Vancouver men have been found guilty on charges of transferring or possessing illegal firearms, part of Vancouver Police crackdown on gang activity on the South Slope. Bob Sanghera and his cousin Navdip Sanghera have been found guilty on three counts of possessing prohibited firearms in relation to an incident in November 2008. Police pulled … [Read more...]
A gang member is headed to prison over gun charges.
May 1, 2012 by
A man arrested on gun charges has been handed five and a half years in prison. 28 year old Christopher Henry Iser was charged in late October of 2010. Along with several other people, Iser was arrested at Kensington Park following the murder of Gurmit Dhak. Dhak's killing upped the tension in the local gang scene. Iser was sentenced on a number of … [Read more...]
Woman gets life in prison for deadly stabbing
March 16, 2012 by
She stabbed her love interest in a fit of jealousy. And now, Tammy Myran has been sentenced to life in prison. 26-year-old Myran was handed the mandatory life sentence, with no possibility of parole for ten years, for the second degree murder of 32-year-old Abdu Basir Ghulam Mohammad, a man she met after a night of drinking at a Surrey bar … [Read more...]
