The family of an elderly couple killed by a hit-and-run driver in Surrey nearly four years ago has a mixed reaction to Thursday’s sentencing of Ravinder Binning. The man who killed Dilbag and Bakshish Badh in 2008 has been sentenced to four years in prison and been banned from driving for 10 years. Varinder Badh, who was in the car with her … [Read more...]
B.C. to make prison announcement: MLA
February 5, 2012 by
VANCOUVER - A Liberal member of British Columbia's legislature has confirmed that the government is ready to make an announcement about a new prison in the Okanagan.Eric Foster who is the MLA for Vernon-Monashee says he can't say anything more about the Monday visit to the community of Oliver, B.C. by Premier Christy Clark.The provincial government … [Read more...]
Scathing report on conditions for BC prison guards
November 22, 2011 by
If things don't change, a guard could die on the job. Those are the words today of Dean Purdy, a prison guard and spokesperson for the BC Government Employees Union. The union released a report today saying the job has become frightening and dangerous in recent years as the inmate population soared. "It's bad enough to go to work and have a female … [Read more...]
Killer of Good Samaritan dies in prison
October 12, 2011 by
VANCOUVER - A 61-year-old man has died in prison a decade after he was convicted of killing a Good Samaritan in Vancouver's West End.Corrections officials say Mirhashem Seyed-Fatemi died in hospital Monday of natural causes.Seyed-Fatemi was 10 years into a minimum 15-year prison term before parole eligibility following his conviction for the … [Read more...]
Former VPD officer sentenced to three years in prison
September 23, 2011 by
A former Vancouver police officer who sold drugs from his cruiser has been sentenced to three years in prison. Peter Hodson pleaded guilty last November to three charges, including break and enter and trafficking in marijuana. At his sentencing hearing, provincial court heard the married father of four is a born narcissist who didn't care if his … [Read more...]
Drug-dealing cop gets three years in prison
September 22, 2011 by
VANCOUVER - A judge who sentenced a former Vancouver police officer to three years in prison for dealing drugs on the job says the man will be carrying the burden of his actions forever.Peter Hodson, 33, pleaded guilty last November to illegally using the police database and trafficking in marijuana in the Downtown Eastside.Hodson's wife broke down … [Read more...]
