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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

Police seek two B.C. men charged in multi-kilo drug bust

Police seek two B.C. men charged in multi-kilo drug bust

Among the items seized: 28 kilos of methamphetamine, two kilos of MDMA and five kilos of cannabis.
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B.C. bar owner convicted of sex assault challenges liquor licence cancellation

B.C. bar owner convicted of sex assault challenges liquor licence cancellation

Vancouver's Brickhouse Late Nite Bistro and Bar owner Chih Hwa Leo Chow said he's appealing his conviction of the sexual assault of a woman then aged 21.
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B.C. man gets two years' prison for sexual touching of minor

B.C. man gets two years' prison for sexual touching of minor

Joshua Turner pleaded guilty to a charge that he engaged in sexual touching in Squamish between March 11 and March 20, 2021.
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B.C. judge rejects appeal of man on sex offender registry for assault, voyeurism

B.C. judge rejects appeal of man on sex offender registry for assault, voyeurism

Ali Aghasardar pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault and one count of voyeurism in Vancouver Provincial Court on March 18, 2024.
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B.C. man gets 30 months' jail for hospital worker sex assault, indecent act

B.C. man gets 30 months' jail for hospital worker sex assault, indecent act

John Field was undergoing an electrocardiogram at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver when the Feb. 11, 2023, incidents occurred.
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Woman's Mental Health Act detention case to proceed, B.C. judge rules

Woman's Mental Health Act detention case to proceed, B.C. judge rules

Irene Dawson alleges police took her to Vancouver General Hospital, where she was stripped, restrained and denied food and phone access.
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B.C. restaurant fined $7K for serving minor

B.C. restaurant fined $7K for serving minor

A Campbell River restaurant was found not to have exercised due diligence in checking identification when serving a minor assisting liquor inspectors.
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'Stereotypes have no place': B.C. court upholds $150K award to Indigenous mother separated from children

'Stereotypes have no place': B.C. court upholds $150K award to Indigenous mother separated from children

The Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society said the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal overstepped its jurisdiction after four children, including one who was still breastfed, were taken to foster homes outside of Vancouver.
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Samsung ordered to pay B.C. man for broken cellphone

Samsung ordered to pay B.C. man for broken cellphone

B.C.'s Civil Resolution Tribunal says the electronics giant breached its warranty in dealing with locking cellphone, eventually replacing mainboard.
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B.C. man gets a year in jail for child sexual abuse images

B.C. man gets a year in jail for child sexual abuse images

"These images are beyond disturbing," Judge Danielle Dunn said in her ruling. "These victims may be unknown but they are out there somewhere."
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