News Items tag as: Peachland kidnapping

Victim of Peachland internet date kidnapping 'begged for her life'
May 15, 2017 - 4:37 PM

KELOWNA – While his duct-taped victim begged for her life, Jean-Francois Dufour drove around the Central Okanagan and threatened to kill her.
Guilty plea from Peachland man who refused to let date out of his car
October 25, 2016 - 1:21 PM

PEACHLAND – A 36-year-old man has pleaded guilty to forcibly confining and threatening a girl he met online this summer.
Charges laid in connection with Peachland online date that turned into a kidnapping
August 23, 2016 - 6:30 PM

PEACHLAND – The man arrested for allegedly kidnapping a woman he met through online dating has been formally charged.
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Kelowna strata management firm fined $15K for not doing any managing
A Kelowna strata management company is on the hook $15,000 after it failed to do anything for a property it was managing. According to a June 2 BC Financial Services Authority decision, property manager Robert Tomislav Zivkovic provided &qu

Victim of Peachland internet date kidnapping 'begged for her life'