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14 months in jail for pregnant woman convicted in beating
Citing a lack of evident remorse for Ashleigh Tschritter's role in the violent robbery and beating of a Chilliwack woman, Justice Brian Joyce sentenced the pregnant Chilliwack woman to 14 months in jail Friday.
Pot activist's rights violated by search
Evidence against an Abbotsford marijuana advocate charged with trafficking may be tossed out after a judge ruled a police search violated the accused's charter rights.
5 years for pair pinched smuggling $2m in coke
Two Abbotsford men who were arrested after police seized more than 40 kilograms of cocaine in a berry field near the Canada-U.S. border have each been sentenced to five and a half years in prison.
Justice has 'no doubt' about head stomping
Ashleigh Tschritter was the "woman in blue" who directed a soccer kick at the prone head of a 26-year-old woman during a violent 2010 purse snatching, Supreme Court Justice Brian Joyce ruled Monday.
Dealer facing a decade in prison
According to prosecutors, Thomas Borecky was a midlevel drug dealer who helped supply street traffickers with thousands of dollars worth of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine.
Miller found unfit to stand trial
A Ryder Lake man who killed his wife is unfit to stand trial, a Supreme Court justice ruled last Thursday.
More testing for Miller
A Chilliwack man who killed his wife will undergo more testing to determine if he is fit to stand trial.
Two years for vicious beating
A Chilliwack man with a long criminal history was sentenced in Supreme Court Wednesday to two years in jail for beating up a drug addict who slept in the same bed as the accused's girlfriend.
Patient who viciously attacked doctor wins appeal
A female psychiatric patient who attacked and injured an Abbotsford doctor has successfully appealed her six-month jail sentence.
Guilty of 41 kilos coke
Two Abbotsford men accused of helping smuggle up to $2 million worth of cocaine across the U.S. border were found guilty of drug charges in Chilliwack Supreme Court Thursday morning.
Judge rules entry was legal
The trial of a Chilliwack man and woman charged with a range of gun and drug offences will continue after a Supreme Court justice refused a defence lawyer's plea to throw out evidence obtained during a search of one of the accused's house.
Trial wraps for alleged Abby coke smugglers found in berry bushes
The trial two Abbotsford men accused of trying to smuggle $1.2 million worth of cocaine across the U.S. border wrapped up in Chilliwack Supreme Court recently.
Appeals court overturns ruling against Lindell Beach resort operator
The B.C. Court of Appeal has overturned a 2010 ruling against a Lindell Beach resort operator and ordered a new trial after finding that the trial judge was wrong to find that the operators abused the judicial process by defending themselves a second time.
Deemed a dangerous offender
A man who tied up a prostitute and then hit her on the head with a wrench after she refused to perform certain sexual acts was designated a dangerous offender by a Supreme Court justice Thursday.
Dispute not over murder
The diminished physical and mental faculties of a Chilliwack man accused of the 2009 murder of his wife renders him incapable of participating in his own trial, defence lawyer Paul McMurray told a Supreme Court justice Thursday.
Crack, not sex urges, behind crime: lawyer
The lawyer for a man convicted of the aggravated sexual assault of a Chilliwack prostitute last year year told a Supreme Court justice Thursday that his client won't be a threat to the public by the end of his inevitable jail sentence.
Crown looking for special designation
Crown counsel John Lester hopes to convince a Supreme Court justice that a Chilliwack man's crack cocaine-fueled sexual assault on a prostitute is similar enough to a previous conviction to have the man declared a dangerous offender and handed an indefinite sentence.
Crown wants jail for 2 aboriginal fraudsters
A Crown prosecutor has asked a judge to send two men who ripped off two aboriginal organizations for close to $1 million to jail.
Abby man jailed 4 more years for stabbing death
The killer of a Harrison Hot Springs woman was sentenced last Thursday to spend just four more years in jail, despite meeting the criteria to be designated a dangerous offender.
