News Items tag as: John Ike Koopmans murder trial

Appeal denied for Princeton murderer
January 12, 2017 - 11:34 AM

PENTICTON - An appeal on two convictions for murder and another of attempted murder against a Princeton man have been denied by the B.C. Court of Appeal.
A Princeton murderer just got a minimum 22 years in prison and still got lucky
October 06, 2015 - 5:25 PM

PENTICTON - A Penticton judged saved a man convicted of two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder from one of the harshest sentenced meted out in years.
A Princeton murderer might get one of the longest prison sentences ever in the Okanagan
September 25, 2015 - 2:00 PM

PENTICTON - Crown and defence lawyers in a sentencing hearing for a man accused of murdering two Princeton residents and wounding a third are recommending sentences almost fifteen years apart.
Koopmans mistrial application denied
September 24, 2015 - 2:54 PM

PENTICTON - The original charges laid by a jury last April in the murder trial of John Ike Koopmans will stand.
KOOPMANS TRIAL: Accused was 'grumpy' before Wharton, Fox were killed: Ex-girlfriend
March 24, 2015 - 3:18 PM

PENTICTON - John Ike Koopmans was intoxicated and in a foul mood the night Keith Wharton and Rose Fox were killed and Bradley Martin shot, according to his former girlfriend.
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THOMPSON: Department of War name change comes with hefty bill for American taxpayers
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'Super efficient': The impact new housing rules have had in Okanagan, Kamloops
When Vernon builder Bryce Dahlen was approached by a client late last fall to build a carriage house in their yard, he pitched the idea of a duplex. New rules about density implemented by the provincial government had dramatically cut the r

Appeal denied for Princeton murderer