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A man accused of committing multiple acts of graffiti vandalism in Vancouver’s Chinatown last year has been sentenced to 12 months probation after pleading guilty to one of eight mischief charges he was facing. The BC Prosecution Service confirmed that it had stayed the remaining seven mischief charges against Larry Carlston, as well as a single breach of release order charge for allegedly possessing markers on Jan. 9, during a sentencing hearing on March 1. “It seems like a consolation prize given the fact you’ve got one charge that went through out of eight,” said Vancouver Chinatown BIA president Jordan Eng. “It really doesn’t seem like a just punishment considering the amount of work that the Vancouver Police Department has gone through to get it to court because it’s not that easy" . . . . CLICK HERE for the full story

  Rebecca Mayrhofer said she felt “100 per cent frustrated” when she heard about a triple stabbing in Vancouver’s Chinatown last weekend, that police allege was committed by a man on day release from psychiatric detention. But she wasn’t surprised ... ... “These are things that should not be happening … None of these. Not with this person on the weekend. Not with Ken. They are preventable" ... CLICK HERE for the full story