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Bacon murder took gang war to the streets of Kelowna
It was a public execution that shook Kelowna to its core. On a sunny Sunday afternoon in August 2011, outside a popular hotel and casino, a Porsche Cayenne carrying gangsters from Metro Vancouver was...
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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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Murder plot against reporter Kim Bolan revealed at UN gang trial
The Cory Vallee murder trial has offered a fascinating glimpse into the violent world of the notorious United Nations gang and its targets. UN members-turned-Crown witnesses have testified that 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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Convicted killer will go to trial in Vancouver gangland murder, Crown says
He has already been convicted of one organized crime murder in Ontario and sentenced to life in jail. But Rabih “Robby” Alkhalil will still be prosecuted here in B.C. on a first-degree murder charge in...
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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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Court rules against B.C. man accused of money laundering in U.S.
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled against a local man charged with laundering millions of drug profits in the U.S. Glenn Harley Sheck had tried to get an extradition application by the U.S. thrown...
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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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Chaos and blood: Witness recalls Bacon murder scene
KELOWNA — Jennifer Hunter remembers the pandemonium she saw outside Kelowna’s Delta Grand Hotel just minutes after Red Scorpion gangster Jonathan Bacon was gunned down on Aug. 14, 2011. The RCMP...
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Women testify about walking into gang shooting that left Bacon dead
KELOWNA — Siu Ling Xu, with her friends and two little girls, had spent the day picking fruit in the Okanagan before making a sudden decision to stay overnight at the Delta Grand Hotel in Kelowna on...
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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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More dramatic testimony about fatal gangland shooting in Kelowna
KELOWNA — Judith Jones briefly broke down in B.C. Supreme Court on Wednesday as she described coming face-to-face with a masked gunman outside the Delta Grand Hotel just before he finished off his...
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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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Penticton man describes trying to save Jonathan Bacon after shooting
KELOWNA — For what seemed like 20 minutes, Vaughn Smeltzer pumped the chest of a critically wounded Jonathan Bacon, desperately trying to keep him alive. Smeltzer was nearby the Delta Grand Hotel on...
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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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Judge dismisses application to throw out charges in Bacon murder case
KELOWNA — Jamie Farquhar was on his way home from a job on Aug. 14, 2011 when he noticed an SUV approaching him rapidly in his rear-view mirror. He was so concerned about how the occupants of the Ford...
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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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