Surrey Six killer’s brother released
The brother of Surrey Six killer Cody Rae Haevischer was ordered released on bail following a hearing Tuesday in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver.
Justice Brenda Brown’s reasons for allowing the release of Justin Haevischer, 28, cannot be reported due to a publication ban. Such bans are routinely imposed at bail hearings in Canada.
Haevischer appeared relieved at the judge’s decision.
Gary Tye, his stepfather, attended court and after the ruling said he was “just glad” to have his stepson returning home with him.
Justin Haevischer, who is charged with accessory to murder after the fact in connection with the October 2007 gangland slayings, was ordered released on a recognizance of $25,000, with one or two sureties. One of the sureties is expected to be Tye.
His conditions of release include that he live with his stepfather in Nanaimo and that he remain on Vancouver Island except to attend court or if his bail supervisor allows him to travel elsewhere.
He will be under a curfew from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. and will not be allowed outside the home during those hours without prior permission from the bail supervisor.
The bail conditions also ban him from possessing weapons or ammunition, as well as drugs, and restrict him to possessing only one cellphone and require him to provide the cellphone number to his bail supervisor. Haevischer must also surrender all of his United States identification and cannot apply for a U.S. passport.
He is to have no contact with a person only identified by the initials K.M. He is also not to have contact with his older brother or Matthew James Johnston.
Justin Haevischer was arrested on a Canada-wide warrant at the Edmonton airport in December after a passenger caused a disturbance. No date has been set for his trial.
Last year, Cody Rae Haevischer and his co-accused, Johnston, were each convicted of six counts of firstdegree murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder. They received the mandatory sentence of life in prison with no parole eligibility for 25 years.