More Stanley Cup rioters are charged

Five more people are charged with criminal offences stemming from last summer’s Stanley Cup riot.

Prosecutors assigned to the riot cases approved the charges Thursday after evidence was given to them by the Vancouver Police Department’s Integrated Riot Investigation Team (IRIT). Those charged are: Andrew Cuthbert, 20, of Maple Ridge, charged with participating in a riot, arson and two counts of mischief. Fernando Rafael Elevado Bernabe, 20, of Burnaby, participating in a riot and two counts of mischief.

Christian Dougherty, 19, of Prince George, Reneil Anand Kumar, 26, of Richmond, and Ariel Elizabeth Harrison, 19, of Surrey, are charged with participating in a riot and mischief.

The IRIT has recommended 350 criminal charges against 125 suspected rioters.

Four people suspected of the swarming assault on Good Samaritan Robert Mackay have been recently identified.