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Tearful testimony from cops who thought they were going to die

KELOWNA – Two RCMP constables, testifying in the Kelowna Supreme Court trial of accused Westside Road shooter Michael Ellis Thursday afternoon, relived a day they will never forget. Const. Tara Schneider was working general duty in Vernon the afternoon of July 31, 2012 when a call that police were in pursuit of a suspect who...

Witness claims original statement to RCMP inaccurate due to intoxication

KAMLOOPS – On Tuesday morning, the gallery of a Kamloops Supreme courtroom heard differing accounts from two women who claimed to be first on scene at a fatal vehicle accident on March 20, 2010. Wayne Fedan, born in 1961, is charged with impaired driving causing the deaths of Brittany Plotnikoff, 20, and Ken Craigdallie, 38....

Judge acquits dealer accused of extortion

KAMLOOPS – Attendees looking to sit in the gallery of room 5C at Kamloops Supreme Court had to undergo a bag search and scan before hearing Justice Hope Hyslop acquit Trevor Taylor, born in 1985, of his charges. Taylor - who Hyslop acknowledged as a drug dealer - was accused of robbery, extortion and using...