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Margison and McKinnon Facing New Kidnapping Charges
As someone on the Real Scoop noted Saturday, Jesse Margison and Troy McKinnon are back behind bars months after kidnapping and mutilation charges were thrown out against them. Both men and two...
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Court Updates: Monty Robinson Trial Begins; Margison, McKinnon Put Over to...
The long-awaited obstruction of justice trial for suspended Mountie Monty Robinson got underway Monday in New Westminster Supreme Court. Robinson was charged after fatally hitting motorcyclist Orion...
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Gang Kidnappers Tracked Victim for Three Months: GTF
The Gang Task Force revealed more details about the dramatic kidnapping in which gangsters Jesse Margison and Tory McKinnon and four associates are now charged. Supt. Tom McCluskie, who heads the GTF,...
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Supreme Court of Canada Upholds McMynn Kidnapping Conviction
One of the men arrested in the Graham McMynn kidnapping, SamVu, was orignally only convicted of unlawful confinement because he wasn’t with his co-accused who grabbed the UBC student back in April...
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Judge orders fitness to stand trial assessment for Jesse Margison
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ordered an assessment for an accused kidnapper on his fitness to stand trial after a severe beating in North Fraser Pre-trial jail. Lawyer Jeffrey Ray explained in court...
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Court updates from Sukh Dhak to Jesse Margison
A B.C. Supreme Court judge dropped drug charges against slain gangster Sukh Dhak Monday – a week after he and his bodyguard were gunned down in Burnaby. Justice Gail Dickson granted the “abatement” or...
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Jesse Margison found unfit to stand trial after jail beating
A long-time gangster who was facing kidnapping and organized crime charges has been found unfit to stand trial after sustaining head injuries in a jail beating. Jesse Margison was seriously injured in...
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Margison has no memory of attack or criminal charges: report
A gangster who suffered severe brain damage in a prison beating last August had no memory months later of being charged with kidnapping, assault and use of a firearm. While Jesse John Margison made...
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Kidnapping trial of five gangsters starts at Vancouver Law Courts
Five gangsters used sophisticated tracking devices and encrypted blackberries as they plotted to kidnap a wealthy Metro Vancouver man in an attempt at a million-dollar ransom, B.C. Supreme Court heard...
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290 unsolved murders on the Lower Mainland over 12 years
Finally, after months of research and interviews, we’re launching our database on unsolved murders on the Lower Mainland from 2002 to 2013. I have been working on this project with Sun reporter Mike...
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Gang associate facing firearms charges in Vernon
The half-brother of gangster Jesse Margison is facing firearms charges after an investigation in by the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit. Daniel Martin Penton, 21, was arrested in Vernon just...
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CFSEU launches powerful anti-gang video campaign
Two Metro Vancouver moms who lost their children to gang violence six years ago say they hope a new anti-gang video campaign will help steer youth away from the deadly lifestyle. Carol Kinnear, who’s...
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Gangster gets seven-year sentence in 2011 kidnapping
Long-time gangster Troy Dax McKinnon was sentenced to seven years Tuesday after pleading guilty to playing a “significant leadership role” in a 2011 Vancouver kidnapping thwarted by police. B.C....
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Violent attacks in B.C. jails increasing and victims are suing the government
The unsigned note sounded ominous. It said Darren Pelland, a prisoner at Surrey Pretrial Centre, was going to be “shanked and gutted.” It was found by staff in the health care request box last Feb....
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REAL SCOOP: Government settles suits for jail beatings
Jesse Margison was a well-known young gangster with a violent history when he was attacked in North Fraser Pretrial in 2012. The injuries he suffered were so severe that he has permanent brain damage...
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A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ordered an assessment on whether an accused kidnapper is fit to stand trial after a severe beating in North Fraser Pretrial jail. Lawyer Jeffrey Ray explained in court...
View ArticleGangster Jesse Margison declared unfit to stand trial after severe beating
A long-time gangster who was facing kidnapping and organized crime charges has been found unfit to stand trial after sustaining head injuries in a jail beating.
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