Judge rejects application by 'Surrey Six' killer to stay convictions
The judge said the evidence against Cody Haevischer remains unchallenged and rejected claims of police impropriety that could have reduced his life sentence.
- On August 27, British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Martha Devlin rejected an application by Cody Rae Haevischer to stay his convictions for the 2007 Surrey Six murders, officially affirming his life sentence.
- Haevischer alleged that state actors including police and correctional authorities engaged in conduct amounting to an abuse of process, seeking either a stay of proceedings or a sentence reduction to 25 years.
- Justice Devlin stated that Haevischer's allegations "simply have no merit" and failed to satisfy the "clearest of cases" standard required for a stay of proceedings after his years-long application process.
- Six victims, including two innocent bystanders, were shot dead in Suite 1505 of the Balmoral Tower in Whalley on October 19, 2007, in what Devlin described as a calculated execution linked to rival gang violence.
- Haevischer will remain behind bars to serve his life sentence for six counts of first-degree murder, concluding his long-standing legal challenge that spanned a lengthy trial, prolonged appeal, and evidentiary hearing.
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Surrey Six killer fails in stay of proceedings application
It’s been nearly 20 years since Cody Haevischer and other members of the Red Scorpions gang entered a Surrey highrise in a botched execution that became a massacre—half a dozen people murdered in what would come to be known as the Surrey Six killings.
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Murder conviction, sentencing stands in Surrey 6 slayings - Grand Forks Gazette
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Murder conviction, sentencing stands in Surrey 6 slayings - Northern Sentinel
One of the men convicted in the 2007 Surrey Six slayings will remain behind bars and continue his life sentences. On Aug. 27 in Vancouver, Justice Martha Devlin delivered her reasons for judgment against Cody Rae Haevischer’s application to have the judge declare a judicial stay of proceedings on the grounds of abuse of process. Six people were shot dead in Suite 1505 of the Balmoral Tower in Whalley on Oct. 19, 2007. The Crown’s theory was that…
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