Bountiful BC

• B.C. Court of Appeal orders new trial for man in child bride case

  The Crown appealed the verdict in the case of the former leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Bountiful, B.C., which practises polygamy.

  Aug 21, 2018
  
• Winston Blackmore sentenced to 6 months house arrest for polygamy

  Winston Blackmore has been given a conditional sentence for six months to be served in the community and 12 months probation for a polygamy conviction.

  Crime

  Jun 26, 2018
  
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• Two get jail time in B.C. child bride case

  A former husband and wife from the polygamous community of Bountiful, B.C., are going to jail for taking a 13-year-old girl into the United States to marry the now-imprisoned leader of their sect.

  Crime

  Aug 11, 2017
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• Judge to impose sentence in B.C. child bride case

  A B.C. judge is expected to sentence today a man and woman who took a 13-year-old girl into the United States over a decade ago to marry the now-imprisoned leader of a polygamous sect.

  Crime

  Aug 11, 2017
• Verdict in decades-long B.C. polygamy case: Winston Blackmore, James Oler found guilty

  Winston Blackmore has been found guilty of practising polygamy. 

  Crime

  Jul 24, 2017
• 2 men from Bountiful polygamist community enter not guilty pleas in court

  A trial for two men charged in connection with a decades-long battle over a B.C. polygamist community began in Cranbrook today.

  Crime

  Apr 18, 2017
• Province files appeal in B.C. child-bride case

  A special prosecutor will ask British Columbia's Court of Appeal to overturn the acquittal of a former leader of a polygamous community who was found not guilty of taking a girl across the border for sexual purposes.

  Crime

  Feb 16, 2017
• 2 convicted in Bountiful polygamous sect trial

  Brandon Blackmore and his former wife Emily Gail Blackmore were found guilty of taking a 13-year-old girl to the United States to be a child bride.

  Crime

  Feb 3, 2017
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• Polygamy charges approved against 4 people connected to Bountiful, B.C.

  Special prosecutor Peter Wilson Q.C. approved criminal charges against Winston Blackmore, James Oler and two others alleging polygamy and unlawful removal of children from Canada with the intention of committing sexual crimes.

  Aug 13, 2014