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• Vancouver stabbing victim ‘very disappointed’ with attacker’s house arrest sentence

  Sheldon Ilbegi-Asli was handed a 15-month conditional sentence on Monday, to be served at home, followed by one year of probation for the Boxing Day 2023 attack.

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  Jul 26, 2024
  
• ‘Just horrible’: No jail time for man who fled deadly Burnaby hit-and-run

  James "Mark" Peters, 59, was on his way home from work on June 19, 2021 when he was hit from behind at a red light at Canaday Way and Imperial Street.

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  Jun 27, 2024
  
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• 4 more years behind bars for man who dressed as cop in deadly B.C. home invasion

  A B.C. judge sentenced Sandy Parisian to seven years in prison for his role in a deadly home invasion. With credit for time served, Parisian will serve four years and three months.

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  Mar 15, 2024
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• North Vancouver groper re-arrested weeks after being handed conditional sentence

  The assault happened on Feb. 13, 2022, while the victim -- whose identity is protected by a publication ban -- was walking on the Varley Trail, and alleged a stranger grabbed her.

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  Jan 10, 2024
• Abbotsford masseur sentenced to 2 years for sex assaults involving 12 women

  Reindhardt "Bud" Loewen, 59,  pleaded guilty to six counts of sexual assault involving women at his Abbotsford business between 2018 and 2020.

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  Dec 6, 2023
• Man who participated in fatal New Westminster stabbing handed 9-year sentence

  Robert Powshuk, 51, died after stumbling into a Waves Coffee House on Columbia Street "bleeding heavily" on Nov. 19, 2021. 

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  Dec 1, 2023
• Woman who attacked rival with knife, hammer in B.C. court gets 12-year sentence

  Qin Qin (Catherine) Shen was handed the stiff sentence for attempted murder on Thursday. With credit for time served, she will spend an additional eight years in prison. 

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  Nov 30, 2023
• Outrage after B.C. voyeur dodges jail time for toothbrush charger spycam

  A sentence that avoids jail time handed to a B.C. man who admitted using a hidden camera to film an international student is sparking outrage.

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  Nov 22, 2023
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• No jail time for man who lit destructive 2016 White Rock Five Corners fire

  Investigators determined that the 2016 fire started in an building under construction but spread to a neighbouring 60-unit building with commercial properties at ground level.

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  Nov 14, 2023
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• Kelowna student assaulted by Mountie ‘disappointed’ with sentence

  A woman assaulted by a Kelowna Mountie during a wellness check over three years ago says the officer's sentence amounts to "a slap on the wrist."

  Aug 31, 2023