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Trial approaching for Salmon Arm man charged in Armstrong manslaughter case
VERNON – Legal arguments get underway later this month in a North Okanagan manslaughter trial.…
Kelowna man sentenced to jail for brutal killing of ex-fiance
'I REMEMBER STARTING TO SCREAM. I WAS HYSTERICAL. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT WAS TRUE.' KELOWNA…
Jury to decide if North Okanagan man was too drunk, stoned to form intent for murder
VERNON – The fate of a North Okanagan man who fatally shot his girlfriend two…
North Okanagan manslaughter case may hinge on police statements
VERNON – Legal arguments in a North Okanagan manslaughter case could determine whether the trial…
Ex-MMA fighter from Kelowna charged with manslaughter for Cactus Club one punch death
KELOWNA – A local man with a single professional MMA fight has been charged with…
Two men arrested in Okanagan for homicide in Clinton
CLINTON – Two men have been taken into custody in connection with the killing of…
Convicted arsonist awaiting sentence expected to plead guilty in unrelated assault case
KAMLOOPS – A man convicted of arson and manslaughter is facing additional charges in an…
Seven years for manslaughter in Kamloops schoolyard slaying
KAMLOOPS – When Anthony Scotchman was handed a seven-year prison term for manslaughter this afternoon…
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...
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...
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...
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,...