REAL SCOOP: Defence grills witness D at Vallee trial
I was only back at the Cory Vallee murder trial for the morning Tuesday, but it was a familiar theme from defence lawyer Eric Gottardi, who accused star witness D of lying repeatedly over the years. D...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Surrey man pleads guilty in US drug case
I have seen this happen so many times before – Canadians charged in the U.S. fight extradition for years, claiming they are innocent to judges on this side of the border in their attempt to avoid being...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Kelowna trial for accused in Bacon slaying delayed again
As Real Scoop readers first revealed, accused killer Jujhar Khun-Khun has been having some health issues related to the shootings he has survived. As a result, the murder trial for him and his...
View ArticleTrial delayed again for men accused of killing B.C. gangster Jonathan Bacon
The trial for three men charged with the 2011 murder of Red Scorpion gangster Jonathan Bacon has been delayed by two weeks. Accused killers Jujhar Singh Khun-Khun, Michael Jones and Jason McBride were...
View ArticleWitness in murder trial accused of trying to double cross UN gang affiliate
A former United Nations gangster said Wednesday that a suggestion he had framed Cory Vallee for murder was “frankly preposterous.” The man, who can only be identified as D due to a sweeping publication...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Defence says ex-UN man plotted against "brothers"
There was more interesting evidence during the cross-examination of witness D at the Cory Vallee murder trial Wednesday. Defence lawyer Eric Gottardi continued to attack D’s credibility as a Crown...
View ArticleEx-UN gangster says he regrets testifying at Cory Vallee murder trial
An ex-United Nations gangster paid $300,000 to testify against his former brothers said Thursday that if he could go back in time, he would never have cooperated with police. The man, who can only be...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Ex-UN gangster wishes he could turn back time
In a candid exchange at the Cory Vallee murder trial Thursday, the man they call D said he regretted cooperating with the police and agreeing to testify. He was portrayed by Vallee lawyer Eric...
View ArticleLongtime Independent Soldier gangster Donnie Lyons back behind bars
A longtime member of the Independent Soldiers gang is behind bars after allegedly carrying a firearm contrary to a court order. Donald Bryce Lyons, 45, was arrested in Revelstoke on April 14 by B.C.’s...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Longtime IS member facing firearms charge
I was not back at the Cory Vallee trial Friday as I was working on other stories, including this one about a long-time Independent Soldier getting arrested recently. Donnie Lyons is facing one firearms...
View ArticleGang witness says suspect Cory Vallee captured on video near Burnaby murder
An ex-United Nations gangster testifying at the Cory Vallee murder trial said he is confident the person seen on a video near the fatal shooting of an innocent stereo installer is the accused killer....
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Witness would "bet" it was Vallee on video
I was back at the Cory Vallee murder trial Monday morning and caught an interesting exchange between witness D and defence lawyer Eric Gottardi. The lawyer had D watch a video of a statement he gave to...
View ArticleFormer UN gangster describes murder, shooting and assault
United Nations gang members were behind the murder of one of their own in Argentina, as well as the unsolved shooting of a North Vancouver realtor almost a decade ago, B.C. Supreme Court heard...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Witness describes UN violence over years
The second of four former UN gang member testifying at the Cory Vallee murder trial took the stand Thursday. He can only be identified as C due to the continuing publication ban. He says he was in the...
View ArticleFormer UN gangster says he aided Justice Institute attacks throughout Metro...
A United Nations gang boss on the run from a B.C. murder charge arranged for shootings and a firebombing at Metro Vancouver homes of people linked to the Justice Institute, B.C. Supreme Court heard...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: D'Monte helped with Justice Institute attacks, trial hears
The former UN gangster known as C testified that he stayed in touch with gang leader Conor D’Monte even after D’Monte fled Canada fearing he would be arrested for murder. C said he never knew where...
View ArticleB.C. Election 2017: Gang crime still plagues B.C., but isn't front and centre...
It was among the most brazen of gang shootings. Birinderjeet Justin Bhangu was sitting in his Acura in front of the Comfort Inn Hotel in Surrey in the middle of a March afternoon. A gunman dressed all...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Conviction, life sentence in 2009 murder
A jury has convicted David Sadler of first-degree murder in the February 2009 shooting death of James Ward Erickson. Sadler was sentenced to an automatic life sentence with no hope of parole for 25...
View ArticleEx-gang witness describes the murder of Jonathan Barber in Burnaby
United Nations gangster Barzan Tilli-Choli blasted an AK-47 at an SUV belonging to the Bacon brothers, mistakenly killing a stereo installer who was driving the Porsche Cayenne at the time, B.C....
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Witness describes being at Barber murder
For the first time since Jonathan Barber was gunned down nine years ago Tuesday, all the details of the night of his murder have been described by a man who was there. Ex-United Nations gangster C...
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