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...]
First person convicted in Stanley Cup riot sentenced to 17 months
February 16, 2012 by
A judge has sentenced the first person convicted in Vancouver's Stanley Cup riot to 17 months in jail. Twenty-year-old Ryan Dickinson pleaded guilty to participating in a riot, admitting to being among a mob that trashed an unmarked police car and then later vandalizing a clothing store. The Crown had asked for 15 to 18 months for the rioting … [Read more...]
Mushroom farm operators sentenced
November 25, 2011 by
The families of the three men killed and two left brain dead at a Langley mushroom farm three years ago are outraged their former employers won't spend any time behind bars. Instead the three operators of the two companies -- who pleaded guilty to failing to ensure the health and safety of the workers -- have been fined $ … [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...]
3rd Australian sentenced in B.C. man's pub death
August 17, 2011 by
Beginning of Story Content A third man has received prison time in the death two years ago of a 25-year-old Kelowna, B.C., man who went to Australia to start a new life but ended up dying after he ... Vancouver News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com … [Read more...]
