Global News has reported that a 17-year old has turned himself into the Burnaby RCMP after a family member recognized his photographed involvement in Wednesday night’s riot in Vancouver. (more…)
On June 17, 2011,
in Law,
by DH
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On June 17, 2011,
in Law,
by DH
A look at Brock Anton’s criminal history before the Vancouver riot.
After seeing the devastation of the Vancouver riots and sharing in the collective craving to see that justice be meted out to those involved, DoubleHearsay has been scouring the criminal court lists for information about charges being laid in connection with the riot.
So far, no obvious hits on either the Vancouver, Surrey or Port Coquitlam adult court lists for appearances related to freshly laid criminal charges. Our search so far has been limited to offences related directly to the riot and unlawful assembly provisions of the Criminal Code, though there’s doubtless several other offences that rioters could have been charged with depending on the scope of their involvement. We’ll keep checking and keep you posted as information becomes available.
In the meantime, DoubleHearsay is pleased to provide some (publicly available) background information on individuals who have already been (self-)outed through social media as having played a role in Wednesday night’s riot in Vancouver. (more…)
Given that the obvious alternative to reaching a deal was an embarrassingly public airing of the BC Liberals’ dirty laundry in open court, we can’t help but wonder whether waiving Basi’s legal fees was a politically driven call. It certainly wasn’t an economically or principle-driven one.
Those following the BC criminal trial of Dave Basi, Bobby Virk and Aneal Basi might not have been surprised to hear that Special Prosecutor William Bernardino worked out a plea deal that brought an end to the criminal proceedings arising from Basi and Virk’s alleged breach of trust concerning the sale of BC Rail. That the deal came before the trial was set to resume with testimony from key political insiders, including former finance minister Gary Collins and Premier Gordon Campbell, was necessarily shrugged off as coincidence. The timing of the deal, coming just before Premier Campbell was set to hit the airwaves with a televised full-throated defence of the HST — and his government’s decision to implement the tax despite having unequivocally promised not to during the previous election campaign — was pure happenstance. After all, Bernardino’s integrity is above reproach. That’s why we have special prosecutors that are fully independent from government and all of its political wants and needs. (more…)