A man has been convicted of being the getaway driver in the armed robbery of a Richmond jewelry store.
On Saturday, a B.C. Supreme Court jury found Keith Macdonald guilty for his role in the November 2012 heist of Ben Moss Jewellers at Richmond Centre.
Macdonald, the sixth man convicted in the case, is to be sentenced Thursday in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver.
Court heard that two men entered the store, one of them carrying a firearm, and used hammers to smash the display cases before filling pillow cases with jewelry items.
While trying to flee, one of the men tried unsuccessfully to carjack a vehicle. When he tried to carjack a second vehicle, he was tackled by bystanders. In the melee, he fired a shot, but no one was injured. One of the bystanders was bitten by a suspect and received medical treatment.
Shane Buckner, who pleaded guilty to various charges including robbery with a firearm, was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Ty Burgess, who also pleaded guilty to robbery, received a six-year jail term. David Liu, Sherman Liu and Richard Warner all pleaded guilty to being parties to the robbery and were each sentenced to 40 months in prison.
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