Hope Hyslop

Drug trafficker hopes Youtube project will keep him out of prison

KAMLOOPS - It is now up to a Supreme Court justice to decide if a drug supplier's rehabilitative project has earned him the chance to serve his jail sentence in the community over Crown's recommended six-year federal imprisonment.  Jean-Claude Auger, who pleaded guilty to his involvement in a drug trafficking ring, was in court Jan. 13 where his lawyer, Chris Thompson,...

Judge acquits dealer accused of extortion

KAMLOOPS – Attendees looking to sit in the gallery of room 5C at Kamloops Supreme Court had to undergo a bag search and scan before hearing Justice Hope Hyslop acquit Trevor Taylor, born in 1985, of his charges. Taylor - who Hyslop acknowledged as a drug dealer - was accused of robbery, extortion and using...