Judge Gale Sinclair
Fraudster gets conditional sentence for Summerland cheque cashing scam
PENTICTON – A man who used a Summerland organization’s chequebook to write cheques to himself…
Penticton’s ‘people’s judge’ retiring after three decades behind the bench
PENTICTON – It will be the end of an era when a Penticton judge retires…
Jail term for knife attack on pizza deliverer
PENTICTON – The man accused in what a Penticton judge referred to as a “brutal"…
Conditional sentence for Penticton woman suffering from drug and mental health issues
PENTICTON – A woman described as having been through a number of difficulties in her…
Penticton man gets six months behind bars for break and enter, breach
PENTICTON – A Penticton man will serve seven months in jail after breaching bail conditions…
Judge ponders drug sentence in light of rehabilitation effort
PENTICTON - A Penticton man will spend another 10 months behind bars despite his attempts to rehabilitate himself. Penticton Provincial Court Judge Gale Sinclair pondered the dilemma finding a proper sentence for 27-year-old Dwayne Lee Gabriel upon hearing of his rehabilitation efforts following two drug offences which took place in 2012. Federal Crown Prosecutor Ashleigh...
Summerland man escapes child porn charge in ‘cautionary tale’
"A FEW SECONDS OF DRUNKEN STUPIDITY AND YOU COULD BE COMMITTING A CRIME WITH MANDATORY MINIMUMS OF ONE YEAR:" CROWN PENTICTON - A Summerland man pled guilty to voyeurism in Penticton Provincial Court Monday for actions Judge Gale Sinclair called “stupid in the extreme.” The 19-year-old man, who can't be identified because of a publication...