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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2020 | Volume 33 No. 55
TODAY’S WEATHER Sunny and cool High 15 C Low 4 C
TALKING HOCKEY
PARKED BY PANDEMIC
10 DAYS TO ELECTION
Catch up on the Kamloops Blazers’ NHL draft picks
Operation Red Nose will not operate this year
Coverage continues in print and online at kamloopsthisweek.com
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BLEEDING KAMLOOPS Skeetchestn Indian Band Chief Ron Ignace (left) and wife Marianne will bring their voices and historical knowledge of the Secwépemc people to the airwaves next week in Bleeding Kamloops, an episode of Nations at War, a historical documentary series that airs on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network. STORY/PAGE A6
Teichrieb accused of hiding assets from victim TIM PETRUK STAFF REPORTER tim@kamloopsthisweek.com
KRISTOPHER TEICHRIEB
The family of a young Kamloops man who suffered life-altering injuries in a violent 2016 beating outside a Brocklehurst home has accused his attacker of signing over his house to his parents in an illegal effort to protect his assets from a large potential civil judgement. Using an aluminum baseball bat, Kristopher Teichrieb beat Jessie Simpson into a coma on June 19, 2016. Simpson, then 18, had been out celebrating the end of the school year with a
group of friends when he wandered onto Teichrieb’s Clifford Avenue property. Teichrieb, who had been threatening vigilante action against neighbourhood thieves in the months leading up to the attack, grabbed a baseball bat and confronted Simpson. Simpson fled, running onto the street, but Teichrieb caught up to him and began levelling blows with his bat and his fists. Multiple neighbours called 911 and police arrived within minutes to find Teichrieb straddling a motionless Simpson saying, “I got him.” Teichrieb’s bloody baseball bat was
found nearby. Police said they found no evidence of theft or a break-in. Simpson was in a coma for more than six months. His condition has seen modest improvements in the years since but he remains susceptible to infection and will require 24-hour care for the rest of his life. A lawsuit was filed on Simpson’s behalf on Feb. 20, 2018, seeking damages for personal injury and loss. Teichrieb pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated assault on Oct. 23, 2018, and was sentenced to seven years in prison. See HOUSE TRANSFER, A5
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