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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.'s retiring top judge looks back on a half-century in law

B.C.'s retiring top judge looks back on a half-century in law

Chief Justice of B.C. Robert Bauman is hanging up his robes Oct. 1.
Vancouver man pleads guilty to manslaughter with firearm

Vancouver man pleads guilty to manslaughter with firearm

Michael Bailey, 40, was shot inside the Downtown Eastside's London Hotel July 20, 2021.
Black B.C. teen awarded almost $28K for restaurant discrimination

Black B.C. teen awarded almost $28K for restaurant discrimination

Manager's heightened suspicion, scrutiny and monitoring consistent with persistent and harmful stereotypes, tribunal rules.
Richmond man pleads guilty to destroying voyeurism charge evidence

Richmond man pleads guilty to destroying voyeurism charge evidence

Tabito Mita was charged with four counts of secretly recording a naked woman.
B.C. Hells Angel pleads guilty to drug trafficking

B.C. Hells Angel pleads guilty to drug trafficking

Police seized about $650,000 cocaine, MDMA, fentanyl, ketamine, marijuana and a drug-cutting agent.
Suspended B.C. midwife communicated with patients by phone, text

Suspended B.C. midwife communicated with patients by phone, text

A Chilliwack midwife used ultrasounds for newborn baby procedures outside the scope of her practice, college finds.
B.C. sex offender’s child no-contact condition relaxed

B.C. sex offender’s child no-contact condition relaxed

Trenton Clifford Jonathan Adams admitted to possessing 357 images and five videos depicting child pornography.
Three Vancouver police officers go on trial for assault

Three Vancouver police officers go on trial for assault

The officers allegedly tried to stop David Cowie at a SkyTrain station for riding a bike with no light, helmet, lights or proper reflectors.
B.C. attorney general pledges improvements to sheriff service

B.C. attorney general pledges improvements to sheriff service

A sheriff shortage has forced courtroom closures, hampering people's right to a speedy trial.
Airline, hotel payments for sister-in-law weren't a gift, tribunal says

Airline, hotel payments for sister-in-law weren't a gift, tribunal says

One of the women "failed to prove the payments were a gift."
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