Legal Ramifications of Fatal Crash Give Pause For Thought – Michael Shapray

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Canwest News Service Forthwith, it shall ever be known as The Full Monty Defence. You drink and drive. Maybe enough to blow over the limit, maybe not: Only an onsite breathalyser test would be able to establish that fact. Soon after, you get into an accident. Rather than staying at the scene of the accident, as the law and common … Read More

Shooting was in Self Defence: Accused

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Richard’s fate now in hands of jury Matthew Wild Special to The Question The jury in the murder trial of the man accused in Whistler’s first homicide in 26 years was deliberating on the fate of Shane Robert Joseph Richard as The Question went to press on Wednesday (Jan. 28). Richard, 29, who is charged with second-degree murder in the … Read More

Murder Trial in Whistler

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Special to The Question by Matthew Wild The jury in the murder trial of the man accused in Whistler’s first homicide in 26 years was deliberating on the fate of Shane Robert Joseph Richard as The Question went to press on Wednesday (Jan. 28). Richard, 29, who is charged with second-degree murder in the March 10, 2007, shooting death of … Read More

B.C. Lions’ Jacobs Won’t Face Charges

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Canadian Press VANCOUVER (CP) – B.C. Lions defensive end Ray Jacobs, who was arrested last month after cocaine was found in his car, will not face criminal charges. "The Crown prosecutor… has concluded that Mr. Jacobs did not engage in any criminal conduct," Jacobs’ lawyers Michael Shapray and Marvin Stern said in a release Tuesday. The 31–year–old Jacobs has maintained … Read More