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Sentenced for plot to murder Bacons Prison terms of 11 to 14 years for group of five
Vikki HOPES Abbotsford News
Five UN Gang members who conspired to kill the Bacon brothers and their associates were sentenced Monday to jail terms ranging from 11 to 14 years.
The longest term – 14 years – was handed to Barzan Tilli-Choli. Ion Kroitoru received 13 years, followed by Dilun Heng and Karwan Ahmet Saed – each with 12 years – and Yong Sung John Lee with 11 years.
With credit for time already served, the five have remaining prison time that ranges from two years and eight months to five years and three months. All five pleaded guilty last week to conspiracy to commit murder
between Jan. 1, 2008 and Feb. 17, 2009. In sentencing the group in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver, Justice Janice Dillon denounced the crimes. “They demonstrate Continued on A5
Highway 1 scene of multiple crashes Despite perfect driving conditions, a series of collisions crippled traffic along Highway 1 in Abbotsford early this week. On Monday, the westbound lanes were closed to traffic for more than two hours while crews tended to a crash between Mt. Lehman Road and 264 Street. The closure resulted in motorists using several detour routes. One of these, McCallum Road just north of Vye/Huntingdon Road, was the site of a five-vehicle chain-reaction rear-ender collision at about 4 p.m. The following day, Highway 1 between Mt. Lehman and 264 Street was again impacted, with two westbound crashes just after 9 a.m. One was east of the Bradner rest stop and the other was west. Traffic was still moving slowly through the area when two westbound semi trucks collided just past Clearbrook Road, closing traffic in one lane. There were no serious injuries in any of the accidents.
FROM FLOOD TO CRASH A4 Salvation Army workers have returned after a week of helping stricken High River, Alta.
POLICE SEEK SUSPECT A5 Investigators searching for man recorded on video surveillance cameras
YOUTH SAY YES A37 Commission’s new year-long project teaches young people about volunteerism
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JAMES INGLIS Contributor
Two semi trucks were involved in a collision in the westbound lanes of Highway 1 just past Clearbrook Road on Tuesday at about 11:15 a.m. The two vehicles almost ended up on Livingstone Road, which runs parallel to the freeway.
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