Kevin Barrett

• West Kelowna man who beat mother in 2019 incident to remain behind bars

  A West Kelowna man who in 2019 brutally beat his mother and left her for dead failed for the second time this year in an attempt to win more freedom.

  Crime

  Sep 5, 2023
  
• Parole denied for Okanagan man who beat elderly mother, dumped her down embankment

  The parole board said he deflects responsibility for the violence he directed on his mother by suggesting "her dementia contributed to her behaviour."

  Crime

  May 26, 2023
  
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• West Kelowna man receives 6-year sentence for vicious, unprovoked assault of elderly mother

  Kevin Barrett was accused of severely beating his mother, then driving her up a forest service road, rolling her over an embankment and leaving her for dead.

  Crime

  Jan 29, 2021
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• Surprise guilty plea: Midway through trial, West Kelowna man admits aggravated assault

  Kevin Barrett suddenly pleaded guilty to the aggravated assault of his elderly mother in West Kelowna in April 2019. The attempted murder charge is expected to be stayed.

  Crime

  Jan 26, 2021
• West Kelowna man pleads guilty to aggravated assault in attempted murder trial

  Kevin Barrett was charged with the attempted murder and aggravated assault of his mother, Eleanor Holmes.

  Crime

  Jan 26, 2021
• Trial continues for son accused of trying to murder elderly mother in West Kelowna

  Witness testimony continues in the trial of a man accused of trying to kill his elderly mother in West Kelowna in April 2019.

  Canada

  Jan 21, 2021
• Court sees surveillance video of West Kelowna suspect after attempted murder

  The West Kelowna man accused of trying to kill his elderly mother was allegedly spotted on surveillance video buying ice cream a couple of hours later.

  Jan 20, 2021
• Attempted murder trial: Rescuer describes finding elderly West Kelowna victim

  The Crown alleges a West Kelowna man beat his mother with a crescent wrench, drove up a forest service road and rolled her down an embankment, leaving her for dead.

  Canada

  Jan 19, 2021
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• Trial begins for West Kelowna man accused of beating, leaving mother for dead

  Kevin Barrett is charged with the attempted murder and aggravated assault of his mother Eleanor Holmes for an incident that allegedly happened in West Kelowna in April 2019.

  Canada

  Jan 18, 2021