Cycle Logic Justice Travesty

[Poindexter]

No biggie - we'll catch him again in a road block on the bridge.

[watchkat]

Wasn't this guy just in the news again a few months ago, for being caught with stolen vehicles on his property in Peachland? I thought it was somewhere on Beach ave. So we have a court date, but then we continue to do the same "business" at another location?

Yes he had relocated residences after the first bust there and was awaiting trial when the second bust on Beach Ave revealed more criminal acts including two more more valuable long missing stolen cars in the garage there. Have to wonder where he had those during the first couple of busts and how he managed to move them to the final location.

[Treblehook]

There is definitely something very wrong here with the Crown asking for a conditional discharge!! It does not add up. The police said at the time of the raid on the shop in West Kelowna, that the operation was associated with the Hell's Angels here and from Alberta and that the value of stolen property was very substantial. And then he was busted again while awaiting disposition on the Cycle Logic charges. Seems organized crime does pay in this jurisdiction. The prosecutor in this case ought to be compelled to explain his or herself. Disgusting. Maybe the creep cut a deal eh.

[drex1999]

" ...the Crown has the communities interest at heart...."

LOL! Sounds like the crown has their own interest at heart, payable in small denominations in a plain white envelope

[W105]

so can or will the Court of Appeal step in and change this too lenient sentence ??? I mean wow...the guy practically (did ??) laughed at the law by breaching his probation already...so a person can have a chop shop, deal with known crimnial organizations, and be in possession of some coke and he gets to go home and watch TV for the next 9mths ???? unreal...

[Bpeep]

It's appalling. I'm sure he and the rest if the thugs out there are laughing their azzes off at the system.
And people wonder why there's crime.
It's because it's lucrative and they can get away with it.
If our forefathers knew they were dying for a country that would become this they woulda laid down their arms and surrendered.

[Bsuds]

This sentence is just disgusting!

Why do we even bother? Might as well just let the crooks stay in business.

[Zazzle]

Wow, just pathetic. It costs more money to have a DUI than it does to run a chop shop apparently.

[tylo]

What a joke our Canadian Justice System has become.

Can you imagine how frustrating and disheartening this must be for all the police who spent countless hours investigating these crimes?

[Raven1]

For a deal like this to go down, there was something amiss in the investigation that would have been exposed through trial.

I'd be willing to bet it has something to do with protecting witnesses indentity, perhaps undercover officers involved in the investigation, hard to say.......but clearly the system had something important to lose in trial.


It's not always about the money

[my5cents]

so can or will the Court of Appeal step in and change this too lenient sentence ??? I mean wow...the guy practically (did ??) laughed at the law by breaching his probation already...so a person can have a chop shop, deal with known crimnial organizations, and be in possession of some coke and he gets to go home and watch TV for the next 9mths ???? unreal...

A appeal of the sentence would have to be initiated by either crown or defense and they were the ones who agreed to it.

Read the news item, the judge said that he would have expected to sentence Newcome to two years.

I think the missing element is the fact that this was a retail operation being the front to a criminal operation. That should have factored into a much heavier sentence. Then the accused is caught with drugs while awaiting his trial, joke.

But in this case I think the joke sentence is on crown, not the guy "in the black robe".

Anyone who thinks the HAs are just some MC enthusiasts should take note of this shop.

[VoiceOfReason]

Interesting that they named the Judge, who claims to have 'gagged' when delivering the sentence, but not the name of The Crown Attorney who took the plea. Anyone know the name of this person who is 'protecting the Community'?

[Ken7]

For a deal like this to go down, there was something amiss in the investigation that would have been exposed through trial.

I'd be willing to bet it has something to do with protecting witnesses indentity, perhaps undercover officers involved in the investigation, hard to say.......but clearly the system had something important to lose in trial.


It's not always about the money

You might be partially right, "A deal like this." You figure it out, wonder what kind was made. Maybe if he was incarcerated he wouldn't walk out...

I smell something....it's not fishy.

[susyq]

Is it not logical that he is giving the police some kind of info about others involved?? Turning on his accomplices to beat going to jail..... Happens all the time..... He will look over his shoulder for the rest of his life..... Just sayin'....

[zzontar]

What he did was nothing compared to this bad *bleep*!

http://news.yahoo.com/nun-gets-nearly-3 ... 07850.html

I know that's the States, but still...