Victims in B.C. attacks include 85-year-old living in fear: Crown
VANCOUVER — A series of firebombings and targeted shootings aimed at people who were thought to have a connection to a justice training centre in the Vancouver area has left the victims traumatized, a Crown attorney said Friday.
Joe Bellows read nine victim impact statements in B.C. Supreme Court at a sentencing hearing for Vincent Cheung, who pleaded guilty Thursday to 18 of 23 charges stemming from the attacks in 2011 and 2012 including several counts of arson and firearms offences.
Bellows said the son an 85-year-old woman who was the victim of arson reported: “Her remaining years will be lived in continuous fear as a result of this crime.”
Another victim who endured shots fired at her vehicle and home stated that months after the incident, her husband “suffered a life-threatening heart attack due to anxiety and emotional suffering” and has been diagnosed with clinical depression, Bellows said.