B.C. gang leader Jamie Bacon to be sentenced Friday in Surrey Six case
Posted September 11, 2020 9:44 am.
Last Updated September 11, 2020 9:45 am.
VANCOUVER — Notorious gangster Jamie Bacon is about to find out how much more jail time he’ll be serving for conspiracy to commit murder in the Surrey Six case.
A B.C. Supreme Court judge is scheduled to sentence the gang leader Friday on a charge related to shootings in 2007 that left six people dead at a highrise apartment building in Surrey.
Bacon pleaded guilty in July to one count of conspiracy to murder Corey Lal in the case.
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The 35-year-old man also pleaded guilty to one count of counselling to commit murder in a separate case involving the shooting of a man who survived an attack on Dec. 31, 2008.
Crown and defence lawyers submitted a joint sentencing recommendation to Justice Kathleen Ker of the B.C. Supreme Court that includes 18 years for conspiracy to murder and 10 years for counselling to commit murder to be served concurrently.
Bacon’s lawyer has said if the sentencing submission is accepted, his client is looking at an additional five to six years in prison after time served is taken into account.
Last month, court heard in an agreed statement of facts at Bacon’s sentencing hearing that the killings were carried out to advance the drug trafficking business of a criminal gang known as the Red Scorpions.
