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Penticton man keeps long-term offender status, appeal denied

PENTICTON - Wilfred Charles Baptiste will keep his criminal designation as a long-term offender after his appeal to have the designation removed was dismissed. Baptiste did not think he fit the long-term offender criteria and appealed to have the designation removed. The appeal was dismissed by Justice Wilcock in Penticton Supreme Court on Sept. 23,...

Repeat offender escapes dangerous offender label

KAMLOOPS – Despite more than 100 criminal convictions and a history of violence, a man well known around the Kamloops courthouse narrowly escaped a dangerous designation but he has earned a less serious long-term offender label. Kamloops Supreme Court Justice Kathleen Ker made the decision for Shane Jeurissen, 44, after handing him a seven-year jail...