Jonathan Bacon

• One of the men behind 2011 gangland slaying in Kelowna denied parole

  Michael Kerry Hunter Jones was sentenced in 2018 to 18 years in prison for conspiracy to murder three people outside Kelowna's Delta Grand Hotel in 2011.

  Crime

  Sep 26, 2023
  
• Guilty pleas entered at Bacon murder trial

  Crown counsel and defence council are asking for 18 years in custody for each of the three accused.

  Crime

  May 1, 2018
  
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• Man who survived gang assassination in Kelowna sentenced to life in Philippines prison

  James Riach, a B.C. man who survived a targeted shooting August 2011 in Kelowna that killed Jonathan Bacon, has been sentenced to life in prison for drug smuggling in the Philippines, local media is reporting. 

  Crime

  Mar 2, 2018
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• Bacon murder trial will continue after judge refuses to throw out charges

  Justice Allan Betton has determined that the trial for three men accused of killing Jonathan Bacon will continue.

  Canada

  Jun 5, 2017
• Witnesses recall Jonathan Bacon shooting in Kelowna

  They witnessed the gang shooting that killed Jonathan Bacon in downtown Kelowna, and now they’re being asked to remember what they saw nearly six years ago.

  May 31, 2017
• Bacon trial begins despite looming decision

  The trial for three men accused in the death of 30-year-old gangster Jonathan Bacon has begun.

  Crime

  May 29, 2017
• 3 accused in gangster’s murder want case tossed

  Three men accused in the shooting death of gangster Jonathan Bacon in front of a hotel in Kelowna, B.C., want the charges against them thrown out.

  Crime

  May 16, 2017
• Trial for Jonathan Bacon’s alleged killers set for April of 2016

  A trial date has now been set up for three men charged in a gangland killing in Kelowna.

  Oct 7, 2014
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• Judge denies change of trial venue in Jonathan Bacon murder case

  The three accused are also members of gangs, according to police.

  Jun 27, 2014
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• Victim in gang shooting launches lawsuit

  A woman paralyzed in a shooting that killed one of British Columbia's most-notorious gang leaders claims in a lawsuit she wasn't aware the people she was with had links to crime, despite years of headlines documenting a bloody gang war and warnings from police that anyone associating with Jonathan Bacon or his brothers were putting their lives at risk.

  Aug 19, 2013