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(BEN BULMER / iNFOnews.ca)
June 30, 2022 – 7:30 AM
An Okanagan Indian Band member has been found guilty of obstructing a B.C. conservation officer for refusing to give his name while hunting at night on the reserve.
At the Vernon courthouse, B.C. Provincial Court Judge Jeremy Guild found Michael Thomas Tom guilty of obstruction June 23, following a three-day trial earlier this year.
The incident dates back to November 2019 and provoked theOkanagan Indian Band to summon its lawyersand demand why the officer was there in the first place.
According to the June 23 B.C. Provincial Court decision, during the trial Tom and several witnesses all stated the conservation officer was trespassing and had no right to be on Okanagan Indian Band land.
However, Tom’s lawyer did not challenge the legalities of the conservation officer being on first nation land and did…
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