Close X
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
ADVT 
National

Brother charged with helping Surrey Six killers escape remanded in custody

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 24 Dec, 2014 06:21 PM

    VANCOUVER — The brother of a man who was found guilty of first-degree murder in the execution-style shooting deaths of six men in a Surrey, B.C., highrise has been jailed and charged with helping the killers escape after the crime.

    Justin Haevischer, 28, appeared in B.C. Supreme Court on Wednesday for the first time after being charged with accessory after the fact to the October 2007 murders.

    Haevischer was wearing a baggy grey hoodie and jeans and appeared without a lawyer. He told the judge he did not understand the charge after it was read.

    "I don't understand what that means. Does that mean I helped them escape or something?" he asked.

    Judge Jennifer Duncan replied that was "the essence" of the charge and advised him to seek a lawyer and make a bail application. He was remanded in custody until his next court date on Jan. 7.

    A Canada-wide warrant was issued Dec. 11 for Haevischer and police said he was arrested Monday at Edmonton International Airport after a passenger caused a disturbance on a plane.

    He's accused of helping his brother Cody Haevischer and Matthew Johnston escape after the pair had fatally shot six men, including two innocent bystanders, in the Surrey apartment.

    Cody Haevischer and Johnston were both found guilty of conspiracy and six counts of first-degree murder in October and sentenced on Dec. 12 to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years.

    The two men were members of the notorious Red Scorpions gang.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Ex-butcher from B.C. Okanagan is prison bound for sexually touching youth

    Ex-butcher from B.C. Okanagan is prison bound for sexually touching youth
    VERNON, B.C. — A former butcher-shop owner in Vernon, B.C., has been sentenced to four years in prison for sexually touching a person under the age of 16.

    Ex-butcher from B.C. Okanagan is prison bound for sexually touching youth

    B.C. shooter who opened fire in small town found not criminally responsible

    B.C. shooter who opened fire in small town found not criminally responsible
    KAMLOOPS, B.C. — A man who opened fire in a small town in B.C.'s Interior, shooting a man in the face won't be held criminally responsible.

    B.C. shooter who opened fire in small town found not criminally responsible

    Girl, seven, who died in B.C. rock slide north of Vancouver named by coroner

    Girl, seven, who died in B.C. rock slide north of Vancouver named by coroner
    VANCOUVER — The B.C. Coroners Service says a seven-year-old girl was hiking with family and friends on a mountain north of Vancouver and was stopped for a break when the rock slide hit that claimed her life.

    Girl, seven, who died in B.C. rock slide north of Vancouver named by coroner

    Surrey, B.C., suspect carjacked SUV with baby inside at end of string of crimes

    Surrey, B.C., suspect carjacked SUV with baby inside at end of string of crimes
    SURREY, B.C. — A baby is back in its mother's care after it was taken along with the woman's SUV in an escalating series of crimes by a man in Surrey, B.C.

    Surrey, B.C., suspect carjacked SUV with baby inside at end of string of crimes

    Health complications for B.C. Mountie shot three weeks ago: RCMP

    Health complications for B.C. Mountie shot three weeks ago: RCMP
    KAMLOOPS, B.C. — The Kamloops, B.C., Mountie who was shot during a traffic stop over three weeks ago is experiencing medical complications.

    Health complications for B.C. Mountie shot three weeks ago: RCMP

    Woman drops lawsuit alleging sex abuse by former Olympic CEO John Furlong

    Woman drops lawsuit alleging sex abuse by former Olympic CEO John Furlong
    BURNS LAKE, B.C. — A woman who dropped a lawsuit alleging former Olympic CEO John Furlong sexually abused her while a teacher in Burns Lake, B.C., says she feels like a weight has been lifted off her shoulders.

    Woman drops lawsuit alleging sex abuse by former Olympic CEO John Furlong