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Jeremy Hainsworth

Jeremy Hainsworth

Jeremy came to Canada from the U.K. in 1971. He has worked across the media landscape from small-town B.C. newspapers to Vancouver’s big dailies and at The Calgary Herald as senior crime reporter. He has worked with The Canadian Press, Reuters and The Associated Press newswire services and was a Bloomberg News divisional foreign correspondent. A specialist in criminal/legal issues, Jeremy has been a frequent radio and TV news commentator.

Recent Work by Jeremy

B.C. man gets 27 months in prison for child pornography

B.C. man gets 27 months in prison for child pornography

Children's safety risk increased by people seeking child pornography, judge says
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B.C. man charged in senior's killing, severing stranger's hand appears in court

B.C. man charged in senior's killing, severing stranger's hand appears in court

One man died, and another had his hand severed in two attacks Sept. 4 near Vancouver's Cathedral Square.
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B.C. man must return $5,000 awarded in Yorkshire terrier bite case

B.C. man must return $5,000 awarded in Yorkshire terrier bite case

Flex, a Yorkshire terrier, was the subject of a legal dispute involving tenants of a Yaletown complex
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Judge rejects City of Surrey's attempt to close Hells Angels' chapter clubhouse

Judge rejects City of Surrey's attempt to close Hells Angels' chapter clubhouse

City of Surrey sought injunction to effectively shut down Hardside Chapter of Hells Angels' chapter clubhouse.
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Fire sprinkler strike caused significant strata leak, B.C. tribunal rules

Fire sprinkler strike caused significant strata leak, B.C. tribunal rules

Vancouver strata owner’s son caused leak when hit a sprinkler with piece of drywall during renovations
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B.C. man pleading not guilty to voyeurism charges

B.C. man pleading not guilty to voyeurism charges

Stephen Stewart Wilson faces three counts of observing or recording women in situations where they could reasonably expect privacy.
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UPDATE: B.C. nanny in human rights case withdraws complaint over being fired after cancer diagnosis

UPDATE: B.C. nanny in human rights case withdraws complaint over being fired after cancer diagnosis

Yoshiko and Yoshiki Shimmura's final submissions not filed by their then-lawyer, a situation the tribunal says was unfair
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High-risk B.C. sex offender faces dangerous offender application

High-risk B.C. sex offender faces dangerous offender application

John Ambrose Seward remains in jail after allegedly failing to obey long-term supervision order court conditions in December 2022.
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B.C. lawyer who stole $1.4M from clients explains gambling addiction

B.C. lawyer who stole $1.4M from clients explains gambling addiction

Crown wants three to five years in prison for former lawyer Steven Peter Mansfield who used money to pay gambling debts
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Guilty decision expected in B.C. Indigenous society $743K fraud

Guilty decision expected in B.C. Indigenous society $743K fraud

First Nations Employment Society executive director Norma Bird allegedly took $743,295 from her employer with credit card
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