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REAL SCOOP: Bikers arrested in limo with loaded gun, drugs
Bikers gathered on Vancouver Island last weekend for the annual ride in memory of missing Hells Angel Michael “Zeke” Mickle. But some of them decided a limousine ride might be more comfortable than...
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REAL SCOOP: Witness C earlier tried to get D killed
Witness C finished his direct examination today and will be under cross-examination for the next four days. There wasn’t any real bombshells today, though both Crown and defence were asking C about...
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REAL SCOOP: Defence says C had money motive to testify
Cory Vallee defence lawyer Mike Tammen continued to methodically question Crown witness C about his decision to cooperate with police after “two decades” in a “life of crime.” Tammen suggested...
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REAL SCOOP: IHIT investigates fatal shooting in Richmond – UPDATE
A man gunned down inside his vehicle near Granville and No. 2 roads in Richmond Sunday has been identified as Jasdeep Singh Klair, 24. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is in charge of the...
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REAL SCOOP: C denies he supplied gun for LeClair hit
Former United Nations gangster C spent his 8th day on the stand at the Cory Vallee murder trial Monday. Under the skilful cross-examination of defence lawyer Mike Tammen, C was forced to admit that he...
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REAL SCOOP: RCMP to pay $700,000 to ex-UN witnesses
Gang murder cases like the Surrey Six and the United Nations conspiracy are extremely challenging for police. We heard in the Surrey Six case that some of the former gangsters-turned-witnesses were...
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REAL SCOOP: Suspect charged in Bhangu murder
A B.C. man has been charged with the brazen afternoon slaying outside a Surrey hotel in March. Johnny Steven Drynock, 22, is facing one count of first-degree murder in the March 13 shooting of...
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REAL SCOOP: "B" explains why he turned on his former gang
There was a new witness on the stand at the Cory Vallee murder trial Thursday. “B” is the third former United Nations gangster to testify against Vallee and others in his former gang. While he hasn’t...
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REAL SCOOP: Evidence at Kelowna trial delayed again
Crown prosecutors in the trial of three men charged with killing gangster Jonathan Bacon were supposed to begin calling their evidence on May 24 in a Kelowna courtroom. But that has now been delayed...
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REAL SCOOP: Bacon murder took gang war to the streets of Kelowna
I wrote this article setting up the trial of Jujhar Khun-Khun, Jason McBride and Michael Jones, which was supposed to start in Kelowna March 24. The evidence in the trial is now expected to begin the...
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REAL SCOOP: Murder in Vancouver, shooting in Surrey
There was more gun violence on the Lower Mainland Monday with a murder in East Vancouver and shooting in Surrey. A 33-year old woman died after being shot just after 5 p.m. Monday near East 7th Avenue...
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REAL SCOOP: Details of plot to kill me revealed at Vallee murder trial
The Cory Vallee murder trial is on a week-long break and will also be down for three weeks in June. So it looks like the trial will continue into September. Over the last three weeks at the trial, I...
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REAL SCOOP: Alkhalil to go to trial for Duhre murder, Crown says
Former B.C. resident and long-time gangster Rabih “Robby” Alkhalil was convicted in Toronto of first-degree murder May 11 and sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 25 years. I...
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REAL SCOOP: Sheck loses bid for disclosure in extradition case
Glenn Sheck’s long battle to fight off extradition to the U.S. on money laundering charges continues. The gang associate, who was convicted in Surrey of carrying a loaded Glock in his man purse, just...
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Live updates: Jonathan Bacon murder trial
Red Scorpion gang leader Jonathan Bacon was shot to death on Aug. 14, 2011, when his vehicle was sprayed with gunfire outside Kelowna’s Delta Grand resort. Injured in the shooting were Hells Angel...
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REAL SCOOP: Witness recalls chaos and blood at Bacon murder scene
The Crown finally began its evidence today against Jason McBride, Jujhar Khun-Khun and Michael Jones, all three of whom are charged with first-degree murder for gunning down Jonathan Bacon here in...
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REAL SCOOP: Witnesses to Bacon shooting describe terror
It was a dramatic day at the Kelowna trial of three men charged with killing Red Scorpion Jonathan Bacon on Aug. 14, 2011. Visitors to the city who had booked at the luxurious Delta Grand hotel...
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REAL SCOOP: Dramatic encounter before fatal shooting
The trial of Jujhar Khun-Khun, Jason McBride and Michael Jones heard more dramatic evidence Wednesday from people who just happened to be in the area when gunman opened fire on an SUV containing...
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REAL SCOOP: Witness describes trying to save Jon Bacon
There was more stunning testimony at the trial of Jujhar Khun-Khun, Jason McBride and Michel Jones Thursday. Hearing Vaughn Smeltzer, a Penticton man who ran towards the hotel to help the wounded, was...
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REAL SCOOP: Witnesses saw SUV speeding near Bacon shooting
The big development at the Kelowna trial for the accused killers of Jonathan Bacon was that the judge presiding over the case dismissed the defence application to throw out the charges. Justice Allan...
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