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Roxanne Egan-Elliott

Roxanne Egan-Elliott

Roxanne Egan-Elliott has been a reporter with the Times Colonist since 2019. She covers the Saanich Peninsula and social justice issues.

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Recent Work by Roxanne

Port Alberni woman gets five years for crash that killed retired RCMP officer

Port Alberni woman gets five years for crash that killed retired RCMP officer

Belinda Mary Hainsworth was driving on Highway 4 near Whiskey Creek on March 22, 2019, when she veered into oncoming lanes, crashing into a pickup driven by Gareth Rees
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Major crime unit sends investigation of teen's death back to VicPD

Major crime unit sends investigation of teen's death back to VicPD

Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit says the 2021 death of Samantha Sims-Somerville, deemed a homicide by the coroners service, didn’t meet its threshold for investigation
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Jury finds man guilty of shooting neighbour in Sooke

Jury finds man guilty of shooting neighbour in Sooke

Paul Tregear’s explanation that he wound up on his neighbour’s property with a loaded rifle because he was chasing a bear was rejected.
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Driver who nearly hit protester found guilty of dangerous driving, assault

Driver who nearly hit protester found guilty of dangerous driving, assault

The judge noted that while violence in Israel and Gaza was the backdrop to the incident, everyone in Canada has the freedom to peacefully express their perspective
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Man sentenced to six years in prison for impaired driving that caused son's death

Man sentenced to six years in prison for impaired driving that caused son's death

Matthew Gilbert Darlington, 49, pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing death and was sentenced Tuesday in provincial court
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Masseur on trial denies sexual touching, romantic interest

Masseur on trial denies sexual touching, romantic interest

Ajesh Jacob is facing 10 counts of sexual assault stemming from his work at Big Feet, a massage and reflexology studio in downtown Victoria
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Victoria paralegal who embezzled $350K from employer sentenced to three years

Victoria paralegal who embezzled $350K from employer sentenced to three years

Melissa Jane Cielen, 49, pleaded guilty to embezzling $343,077.28, which she used to support her alcohol and cocaine use
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Teen's death from alcohol and date-rape drug deemed a homicide

Teen's death from alcohol and date-rape drug deemed a homicide

Samantha Sims-Somerville and a friend were ‘intentionally provided an unregulated substance, without their knowledge,’ the coroners service says
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Nanaimo man gets four years for pushing girlfriend off a cliff

Nanaimo man gets four years for pushing girlfriend off a cliff

Kyle Gordon Ordway pleaded guilty in August to manslaughter in the death of 27-year-old Amy Watts, whose body was found in a wooded ravine below a cliff in June 2021
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Man on trial for splashing liquid that disintegrated nylons told police it was a fetish, court hears

Man on trial for splashing liquid that disintegrated nylons told police it was a fetish, court hears

Sean James O’Reilly faces seven counts of sexual assault related to incidents in downtown Victoria near the Bay Centre between Nov. 17, 2022, and Dec. 29, 2022
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