Matthew Johnston

• Surrey Six killer to get new hearing after top court ruling

  The Supreme Court said it was a mistake to dismiss the applications to hear all the evidence related to alleged police misconduct in the Surrey Six trial.

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  Apr 28, 2023
  
• Mother of innocent Surrey Six murder victim worries new ruling could overturn guilty verdicts

  Cody Haevischer and Matthew Johnston were both convicted of six counts of first-degree murder in 2014 for the 2007 killings in Surrey, B.C.

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  Feb 25, 2021
  
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• No new trial, but Surrey Six killers can apply for stay of proceedings: B.C. appeal court

  Cody Haevischer and Matthew Johnston were both convicted of six counts of first-degree murder in 2014 for the 2007 killings, and were sentenced to life in prison.

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  Jan 28, 2021
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• Convicted Surrey Six murderers sue B.C. government

  Cody Haevischer and Matthew Johnston say they were held in solitary confinement without adequate cause for 14 months after their arrests in April 2009.

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  May 28, 2015
• Sentencing in B.C. gang case could go in December

  A sentencing hearing for two gang members convicted in a mass killing in the Vancouver area may happen in early December, though the timing will depend on a defence application to have the case tossed out.

  Oct 10, 2014
• Surrey Six defence lawyers allege police misconduct, want mistrial

  Two gang members convicted of the execution-style murders of six men in a Surrey, B.C., apartment are asking the court to declare a mistrial over the alleged mishandling by police of a confidential informant.

  Oct 7, 2014