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‘Do you not know what no means?’: Penticton 18-year-old jailed for rape
CONTENT ADVISORY: This story contains details of sexual violence Penticton resident Cale Neil Dunseith was…
‘Exceptional case’: No jail for Shuswap man who raped 14-year-old girl
A 22-year-old Shuswap man with the mental age of a child will not go to…
Kamloops man gets 30 months in jail for raping woman while she slept
A 37-year-old man has been sentenced to 30 months in jail after raping a woman…
Salmon Arm man gets two years jail for raping girlfriend twice
A Salmon Arm man who raped his girlfriend on two occasions has been sentenced to…
Ontario man alleges he was groomed at Vernon cadet camp, then raped
An Ontario man who alleges he was groomed at the Vernon cadet camp before being…
Okanagan senior who raped 6-year-old niece jailed
An Okanagan man who raped his six-year-old niece has will do seven years behind bars.…
Merritt man guilty after rape of longtime friend
A Merritt man has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman who said he…
Kamloops-area man jailed for violent rape of ex-girlfriend
A Kamloops-area man will spend almost seven years behind bars for the violent rape of…
Kamloops man who skipped sex assault sentencing back in custody
A Kamloops man who skipped his sentencing hearing for sexually assaulting his ex-girlfriend is expected…
Penticton man sentenced to three years in prison for violent sexual assault in 2017
A Penticton man who violently raped a model the day he met her for a…
Protest against Kelowna RCMP’s high number of unfounded sex assault files planned
A protest against Kelowna RCMP’s high number of unfounded sexual assault cases is planned for…
Review of West Kelowna teen’s 2012 RCMP complaint underway
KELOWNA – A review of a controversial 2012 West Kelowna RCMP investigation is underway after…
West Kelowna RCMP’s response to Indigenous teen’s rape complaint raising concerns across Canada
KELOWNA – Very few people knew the story of an indigenous Kelowna teen's rape complaint…
Five years for West Kelowna man convicted of rape
CONTENT ADVISORY KELOWNA – A West Kelowna man is heading to prison for five years…
Retrial begins for Armstrong man previously convicted of sexual assault
VERNON – The retrial of an Armstrong man whose 2015 conviction for rape was thrown…
Man accused of rape granted new trial for 2014 North Okanagan sexual assault
VERNON – An Armstrong man previously convicted of raping a North Okanagan woman has won…
Sentence reduced due to errors in Vernon child sex assault case
CONTINUES TO SHOW NO GUILT OR REMORSE VERNON – A man convicted of raping his…
Kamloops man found guilty of sexually assaulting friend while she slept next to her boyfriend
CONTENT ADVISORY KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops man has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a…
New way to classify dangerous offenders could help police solve sex crimes: UBCO study
KELOWNA – Researchers at UBC Okanagan say they have found a way to keep Canadian…
Man convicted of raping woman in Kamloops park gets three years in prison
CONTENT ADVISORY KAMLOOPS – A man convicted of raping a prostitute in a Kamloops public…
Journalist who spent a year kidnapped by insurgents coming to Kelowna
KELOWNA – A Canadian journalist who was kidnapped, tortured and raped in Somalia will speak…
Bobbitt not happy with how he was portrayed during trial
KELOWNA – David Wesley Bobbitt, who pleaded guilty to sexually and physically assaulting a 22-year-old Penticton woman in 2011, isn’t feeling well. And he doesn’t like his lawyer either. Final submissions in the Supreme Court case that began last year concluded Friday, with Bobbitt, 39, saying he wasn’t happy with how his lawyer James Pennington...
‘One can hardly imagine a more horrific assault’ than Bobbitt’s: Crown
KELOWNA – Reckless, self-serving, grandiose, entitled, antisocial, narcissistic, lacking in empathy, sexually sadistic, psychopathic and violent. Those are some of the words the Crown used to describe David Wesley Bobbitt in a hearing to determine if he deserves dangerous offender status. Bobbitt, 39, has already pleaded guilty to seven charges, but before Justice Peter Rogers...
Bobbitt sentencing reconvenes in Kelowna
KELOWNA – An ex-girlfriend who says she too was sexually abused by David Wesley Bobbitt is not credible, according to defence lawyer James Pennington. On Wednesday morning Bobbitt’s sentencing reconvened in Kelowna Supreme Court after a seven month break. Since starting June 23, the focus has been to determine if Bobbitt, who pleaded guilty to...