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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. Good Samaritan fatally stabbed in heart, court hears

B.C. Good Samaritan fatally stabbed in heart, court hears

Abeal Negussie Abera stepped in to defend a woman when he was stabbed in the chest by her common-law husband Benny Rae Armstrong
B.C. tribunal orders payment for medical bills in dog attack

B.C. tribunal orders payment for medical bills in dog attack

The responsible dogs were shot dead during a goat attack three days later.
B.C. tribunal awards evicted pregnant tenant nearly $3,000

B.C. tribunal awards evicted pregnant tenant nearly $3,000

Couple claimed woman made repeated attempts to convince them they were in a three-way relationship.
B.C. high court rejects child pornography appeal

B.C. high court rejects child pornography appeal

Children's safety risk increases by people seeking child pornography, sentencing judge said.
Case of B.C. man who gave immigration advice for compensation moves to sentencing

Case of B.C. man who gave immigration advice for compensation moves to sentencing

Surinder Singh Trehan faces four charges under the Citizenship Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
B.C. man ordered to pay stepdaughter $910K in sex assault case

B.C. man ordered to pay stepdaughter $910K in sex assault case

The victim alleged her stepfather regularly sexually abused her from the age of three to 14.
B.C. lawyer-judge exchange gets heated in sex assault case

B.C. lawyer-judge exchange gets heated in sex assault case

"I'm not being yelled at," defence counsel tells Vancouver Provincial Court judge.
Bhutanese man appears on B.C. murder charge in woman's death

Bhutanese man appears on B.C. murder charge in woman's death

Tenzin Choigey is charged with second-degree murder in the November 2024 death of 26-year-old Roshnee Gurung.
No one wins in B.C. intimate images case

No one wins in B.C. intimate images case

Both people had already shared the naked images online themselves and had no expectation of privacy, the Civil Resolution Tribunal ruled.
Disbarred B.C. lawyer to pay $270K in sex assault damages

Disbarred B.C. lawyer to pay $270K in sex assault damages

Marc Andre Scheirer was convicted of sexual assault in 2020.
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