Vernon Murder

• Vernon man found unfit to stand trial for murder

  "Yesterday the court concluded that (Richard) Fairgrieve is unfit to stand trial," a representative of the BC Prosecution Service said in a statement. 

  Crime

  Jun 21, 2023
  
• Accused killer of Vernon, B.C. man could get trial pass due to cognitive damage

  In 2020, after the strokes, Richard Fairgrieve was found unfit to stand trial but last November that decision was reversed in a BC Review Board hearing.

  Crime

  Jun 9, 2023
  
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• Hearing set to determine if man accused of Vernon, B.C. murder is fit to stand trial

  An Okanagan woman hopes an upcoming B.C. Review Board hearing will finally lead to a trial for the man accused of murdering her brother.

  Crime

  Nov 18, 2022
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• Okanagan mother of woman killed in motel room hopes wheels of justice turn quicker

  Paige Courtney Howse, 28, has been charged with the second-degree murder of Alishia Lemp, 33.

  Crime

  Sep 30, 2021
• ‘Shocked and furious’: Vernon murder victim’s sister speaks out against absolute discharge

  Vernon man deemed not criminally responsible for friend's 2010 murder granted absolute discharge.

  Crime

  Jan 21, 2019
• Vernon murder suspect found not criminally responsible

  Angelo Monfort has been found not criminally responsible in the second-degree murder of 49-year-old Regina Fernandez last year.

  Jun 18, 2018
• Former Okanagan man charged in wife’s death more than 30 years later

  A former Okanagan man has been extradited from the U.S. on charges of first degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the death of his wife.

  May 29, 2018