My colleague Keith Fraser covered the decision today by B.C. Supreme Court Justice Carol Ross to sentence Hells Angels associate James Howard to 10 years for his role the massive E-Predicate cocaine conspiracy,
Howard was deeply involved in the conspiracy for months before he and others were arrested by undercover police in August 2012. Ross sentenced him to 10 years, five years than prosecutors were seeking and at the higher end of what the defence said would be appropriate.
Tomorrow full-patch Bryan Oldham will have his hearing, though Ross will likely reserve her decision.
Meanwhile David Giles and Shawn Womacks will learn their fate on March 31 – I plan to be covering that now that
I have finished some of the longer-term stories I’ve been working on.
