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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 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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Vancouver radio personality loses bid for cancelled wedding gig compensation

Vancouver radio personality loses bid for cancelled wedding gig compensation

A B.C. Civil Resolution Tribunal member said DJ Byron James booked another contract for the same day and had mitigated his losses.
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Man facing forgery, fraud, theft charges refuses court appearance via phone

Man facing forgery, fraud, theft charges refuses court appearance via phone

The judge said a warrant could be issued if John James Hewlett refuses again.
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B.C. woman wins default judgment in child sex case naming fundamentalist Mormon polygamist

B.C. woman wins default judgment in child sex case naming fundamentalist Mormon polygamist

A B.C. woman filed a B.C. Supreme Court civil suit against the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
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B.C. man guilty of aggravated sexual assault tries to fire lawyer

B.C. man guilty of aggravated sexual assault tries to fire lawyer

Gordon James Joseph Leclerc repeatedly interrupted the judge and lawyers during a video appearance Friday
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