Crown Counsel

• Man charged in attack on B.C. Crown prosecutor in Vancouver

  Kenyon Thomas Lavallee, 27, is accused of two counts of assault.

  Crime

  Feb 3
  
• Sentencing date for Kelowna cop who assaulted woman during wellness in August

  According to the BC Prosecution Service, Crown counsel is looking for a four-month conditional sentence order.

  Crime

  Jun 15, 2023
  
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• Former senior health official in B.C., Alberta sentenced to 5.5 years for child sex assault

  Convicted child molester Dr. Albert de Villiers was sentenced to five and a half years for his sex crimes against a child who once called him “uncle.”

  Crime

  Jun 13, 2023
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• Witnesses in Fertuck murder trial to be brought back at defendant’s request

  Greg Fertuck is on trial for first-degree murder in the disappearance of his ex-partner, Sheree Fertuck, whom he is accused of killing in 2015.

  Crime

  May 23, 2023
• Elderly man’s head-on Highway 1 crash not due to inaction of RCMP officer: B.C.’s police watchdog

  A Highway 1 crash involving an elderly man who at least one person thought was not fit to drive was not due to the 'action or inaction' of the Mountie involved, the IIO said.

  Crime

  Jan 5, 2023
• 8 garbage bags of magic mushrooms, marijuana and guns seized in Greenwood, B.C. raid

  All three individuals were held in custody pending a bail hearing and have subsequently been released with multiple conditions, including not to possess any firearms or ammunition.

  Crime

  Nov 15, 2022
• Kelowna, B.C. fraudster’s crimes were not victimless: B.C. Supreme Court

  It all went along undetected until December 2017, when Saunders’s regular supervisor was on vacation and another stepped in as his team lead.

  Crime

  May 20, 2022
• Kelowna Mountie charged with obstruction of justice after allegedly sexting crime victim

  Const. Sean Eckland was charged on Thursday with two counts of obstructing justice in connection with allegations that he sent sexually explicit text messages to an assault victim.

  Crime

  Mar 10, 2022
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• Alleged backlog of criminal files in Kelowna called ‘grossly inaccurate’ by B.C. Prosecution Service

  “There is no Crown charge assessment backlog and this is not an issue of differences in systems or tracking.”

  Crime

  Mar 4, 2022
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• Kelowna RCMP and B.C. prosecutors offer differing takes on criminal case backlog

  'These figures are for the entire province so there will be minor regional variations but we are confident these numbers are accurate,' reads the statement from Kelowna RCMP.

  Crime

  Mar 3, 2022