Penticton Law Courts

• ‘The best, best field trip’: Law Day returns to Penticton, B.C. courts

  Law Day returned to Penticton courts after a three year pandemic hiatus. Local students got a tour of the courthouse and put Star War's Luke Skywalker on the stand.

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  May 25, 2023
  
• American lawyer fined after crossing Canadian border with guns

  Shawn Bertram Jensen crossed the border in Osoyoos, B.C., on Oct. 25, 2019 with two restricted firearms.

  Crime

  Sep 16, 2021
  
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• Penticton man serving 5 years for beach assault pleads guilty to mischief, threat, breaching curfew

  "I'm really trying to get my life together and get things in perspective so I can get out of jail (and) have a life in society without any problems," he said. 

  Crime

  Sep 14, 2021
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• ‘I am truly sorry’: Penticton beach attacker apologizes for punch that caused life-altering injury

  Thomas Kruger-Allen, 23, pleaded guilty to the aggravated assault of Brad Eliason at a beach bonfire in Penticton, B.C., on May 3, 2019.

  Crime

  Feb 24, 2021
• Former Oliver Elementary PAC treasurer to be sentenced in August

  Belinda Yorke pleaded guilty to theft over $5,000 in February 2020.

  Crime

  Feb 22, 2021
• Trial for man accused of Penticton quadruple murder set for October in Kelowna

  John Brittain is charged with three counts of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder after a quadruple homicide in Penticton on April 15, 2019.

  Canada

  May 27, 2020
• Penticton, B.C. woman pleads guilty in manslaughter death of teenage boyfriend

  Blackmore died on on April 2, 2017 at a Penticton home.

  Feb 24, 2020
• Former Okanagan PAC treasurer expected to plead guilty to theft

  Belinda Yorke is accused of using her position as treasurer for the Oliver Elementary School PAC to misappropriate funds, according to Penticton RCMP.

  Crime

  Jan 28, 2020
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• Penticton quadruple homicide case hits court delays

  Lawyers were scheduled to fix a date for trial in B.C. Supreme Court on Monday for John Brittain, but the hearing was adjourned to Feb. 24.

  Jan 27, 2020
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• Jury trial scheduled for Penticton woman accused of manslaughter

  The trial is scheduled for three weeks.

  Crime

  Jan 9, 2020