Red Scorpion gangster Jamie Bacon’s bail ruling to be made in January
A B.C. Supreme Court judge will wait until the new year to deliver her decision on whether Red Scorpion gangster Jamie Bacon will be granted bail.
Bacon’s bail hearing, which began on Dec. 15, wrapped up in Vancouver on Friday. Justice Catherine Wedge said she will reserve her decision until the morning of Jan. 9.
Evidence and submissions presented at the bail hearing cannot be reported due to publication bans.
Bacon, 32, is charged with counselling someone to commit murder in connection with a failed hit on a former gang associate that took place in December 2008. The victim survived the shooting.
The case is expected to go to trial on April 3, and Bacon is seeking to be released on bail until then. The Crown is opposing his release.
Bacon attended court before Wedge on Friday wearing grey dress pants and a white buttondown shirt rather than the usual red jail outfit. His parents, Susan and David Bacon, were in the gallery of the high-security courtroom for his appearance.
Three weeks ago, a judge stayed murder and conspiracy charges against Bacon related to the Surrey Six killings, for which he has been in pretrial custody since April 2009.
The evidence, materials and reasons for the stay have been sealed. The Crown has filed an appeal of the stay.
The charges stemmed from the Oct. 19, 2007 shootings of six men in Suite 1505 of the Balmoral Tower apartment building in Surrey. Chris Mohan, Ed Schellenberg, Edward Narong, Corey Lal, Michael Lal and Ryan Bartolomeo were killed. Mohan and Schellenberg were innocent bystanders.
In 2014, Cody Haevischer and Matthew Johnston were convicted of six counts of first-degree murder and one count of conspiracy. Both men are serving life sentences with no chance of parole for 25 years and have appealed their convictions.
Another man, who can only be identified as Person X, previously pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.