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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. nurse disciplined for giving opioid to wrong patient

B.C. nurse disciplined for giving opioid to wrong patient

Kamloops nurse Amaris Foster administered hydromorphone to the wrong patient. 
B.C. municipal manager seeks more than $700K in city dismissal lawsuit

B.C. municipal manager seeks more than $700K in city dismissal lawsuit

Paramjit Singh Grewal is also suing current city Coun. Dylan Kruger for defamation.
Lawsuit claims New Westminster teacher sexual abuse

Lawsuit claims New Westminster teacher sexual abuse

The plaintiff's anonymized claim said she was struggling with math and that the teacher had been privately tutoring her with the school district's knowledge.
B.C. manslaughter accused to have bail hearing

B.C. manslaughter accused to have bail hearing

Dillon Robert Goth is charged with manslaughter in the 2023 death of Jason Robert St. Anne.
B.C. man guilty of manslaughter in tormenter's death

B.C. man guilty of manslaughter in tormenter's death

Jeffrey Scott Van Dyke had pleaded not guilty in connection with the death of Scott Alan Carver June 2, 2022.
B.C. man gets 11 years for trafficking 'drugs that plague our society'

B.C. man gets 11 years for trafficking 'drugs that plague our society'

Amandeep Singh Kang pleaded guilty to trafficking and conspiracy in a scheme dealing with fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine.
B.C. man pleads guilty to interfering with human remains

B.C. man pleads guilty to interfering with human remains

David Alexander Mah returns to court May 6 to set a sentencing date.
B.C. immigrant gets probation for stabbing, slashing incident

B.C. immigrant gets probation for stabbing, slashing incident

A group of men went after two others in Vancouver's entertainment district on Nov. 6, 2021.
B.C. woman jailed one year for sexually assaulting partner's niece

B.C. woman jailed one year for sexually assaulting partner's niece

Woman said she kissed the teen when the girl revealed she found women attractive.
Four-year-old B.C. drug, gun case continues despite 2021 guilty pleas

Four-year-old B.C. drug, gun case continues despite 2021 guilty pleas

Matthew Phillip Bond has had the same lawyer since June 2021. Meanwhile, there have been 18 Crown prosecutors at the 64 court appearances, plus almost two dozen judges or justices of the peace.
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