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Kamloops man convicted of manslaughter, arson to get psychiatric tests

KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops Supreme Court justice ordered a psychiatric assessment for a local man convicted of arson and manslaughter to determine if he is eligible to be declared a dangerous offender. Last November, a jury convicted David Peter Gordon of two counts of arson which caused the death of his house guest Cheryl William...

Jury convicts Kamloops man of manslaughter for arson that killed house guest

KAMLOOPS - A jury has found David Peter Gordon, a man accused of setting a fire which killed a woman sleeping in his home, guilty on one count of manslaughter and two counts of arson. The decision came shortly after 11 a.m. today, Nov. 3, after less than a day of deliberations. After a night...

Evidence wraps in Kamloops manslaughter case

KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops jury finished hearing all the evidence in the trial of a man accused of manslaughter and two arson charges this week. David Peter Gordon is standing trial in Kamloops Supreme Court and is accused of setting a fire in his St. Paul Street home April 25, 2013. His roommate’s girlfriend, Cheryl...

Kelowna man charged in death of Calgary toddler

KELOWNA – A Kelowna man has been arrested and charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of a Calgary toddler in 2005. Police caught up with Ryan John Podhorodecki, 32, in Victoria where he was arrested on Thursday, Oct. 21, and transferred to Calgary to face the manslaughter charge.  Calgary police Staff Sgt. Colin...

Man accused in Armstrong woman’s death ordered to stand trial

VERNON - The man accused of killing an Armstrong mother of two has been ordered to stand trial. Logan Scott, 31, of Salmon Arm was charged with manslaughter and theft under $5,000 in August 2014, nine months after Jillian McKinty, 27, was found dead in her Armstrong home. Following a preliminary inquiry this week in...

GORDON TRIAL: Police charged accused with causing death before woman died

KAMLOOPS - After a police officer told a man he was being charged with criminal negligence causing death on April 25, 2013, he was confused and said he had no idea whose death he caused — at the time no one had died at all. The charges changed for David Peter Gordon, born 1980, who...

Trial begins for Kamloops man charged with arson, killing roommate’s girlfriend

KAMLOOPS - After an argument with his girlfriend, a man set fire to a pile of clothes in his bedroom before the flames spread throughout the home and injured an occupant who later died, a Crown prosecutor says. David Peter Gordon, born 1980, is charged with arson and manslaughter in the death of Cheryl William,...

Kamloops jurors to hear case of man charged with manslaughter, arson next week

KAMLOOPS - Beginning next week, jurors in Kamloops Supreme Court will hear evidence in the case of a man charged with manslaughter and arson. David Peter Gordon, born in 1980, is charged with one count of manslaughter and two counts of arson linked to a house fire in April 2013. Cheryl William, 44, was pulled...

SNELSON: How the sentence for a Kelowna killer breaks down

IS IT 11 YEARS, SIX YEARS OR ONE YEAR? HOW ABOUT ALL OF THE ABOVE KAMLOOPS — Convicted killer Neil Snelson was arrested in 2009, sentenced yesterday to 11 years in prison and will likely be released around this time next year. Makes complete sense, right? A jury convicted him earlier this summer of the...

Why killer Neil Snelson could be home for Christmas

KELOWNA - Neil Snelson has once again been convicted of manslaughter in the death of a college student more than 20 years ago but be prepared: His next stay in prison will likely be short — if he goes back to prison at all. The decision by a Kamloops jury shortly before 10 p.m. June...