The man accused in Vancouver’s deadly Filipino street festival attack is facing new scrutiny in court. A judge has ordered that mental health professionals assess whether 30-year-old Kai Ji Adam Lo is fit for trial. Lo is charged with eight counts of second-degree murder related to the attack. He appeared by video in a Vancouver provincial court Friday afternoon. Police … Read More

A mistrial has been declared in the sexual assault case involving five former world junior hockey players.  The trial had begun on Wednesday, but jurors were dismissed early after the judge said something had come up that she needed to discuss with the lawyers. The jurors were called back on Friday, and a mistrial was declared.  The ruling means a … Read More

Great day at the office today as we learned that charges had been dropped by the Federal Crown in relation to a client charged with multiple counts of trafficking in drugs. This was a very odd case where my client had been arrested after driving around in a vehicle that was under surveillance by the police for about an hour. … Read More

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Tomorrow will mark three years since the Stanley Cup Riot in Downtown Vancouver, and some of the accused are still making their way through the court system. News1130 legal analyst Michael Shapray explains there’s no statute of limitations in Canada on an indictable offence, like participating in a riot. That means this could go on for years. … Read More

Michael Shapray weighs in on Colonel’s sentencing Tanya Fletcher VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Our legal expert says Colonel Russell Williams’ sentence is one of the most severe under Canadian law. Michael Shapray tells News1130 why the judge didn’t give Williams two consecutive 25-year sentences: “We don’t have 7,500 year sentences like you hear in the U.S., and because they were two … Read More