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Twenty-five per cent of people being monitored following their convictions and/or charges in relation to their involvement in the Stanley Cup Riot are now showing contempt for the courts by ignoring judges’ orders.

Almost two full years have passed and many of those charged with rioting are now going through the court process. To date, the courts have sentenced 56 of the 194 persons charged by Crown for their alleged involvement in the Stanley Cup Riot. Approximately 69% of those charged have pleaded guilty to their crimes.

The Integrated Riot Investigation Team (IRIT) is currently monitoring 42 of the 56 sentenced rioters.

Eleven of those sentenced rioters being monitored are now being investigated by IRIT for breaching their court orders. Many of the same people who showed such disrespect for our community are now demonstrating the same disrespect for our courts by violating their conditions.

“We have made a commitment to the people of Vancouver that we would take whatever steps necessary to bring as many rioters to justice as possible, no matter how difficult the task or how long it took,” says Superintendent Dean Robinson, in charge of Investigative Support Services.

“We have not wavered from that commitment, nor do we intend to.”

Superintendent Dean Robinson
Statement

On the night of June 15, 2011, hundreds of rioters showed a profound disrespect for the people and property of our community as they rampaged through the streets burning and looting.

Since that night many have received jail sentences and others who professed deep regret while pointing at their spotless record have been given other sentences including house arrest.

Now many of those same people who showed such disrespect for our community are demonstrating the same disrespect for our courts by violating the conditions of the sentences they received.

In a recent spot check of convicted rioters we were disappointed to discover that about 25 per cent of them were violating orders that included curfews, house arrests and no-go orders to certain parts of the city.

Of the 42 convicted rioters being monitored by the Integrated Riot Investigation Team, there are 11 convicted rioters that have been or are currently being investigated for breaching their conditions.

Of the 11 convicted rioters, eight are youth and three are adults. Crown has approved 14 breach charges. One youth has had six charges of breach approved.

There were 12 rioters awaiting trial dates that were found breaching their recognizance out of 138 rioters awaiting trial dates.

While we find these numbers disturbing we strongly suspect that if we had the resources to look more closely at the problem that we would find the numbers are even higher.

Following the riot, we made a commitment to the people of Vancouver that we would take whatever steps necessary to bring as many rioters to justice as possible no matter how difficult the task or how long it took.

We have not wavered from that commitment nor do we intend to.

We have not made these extraordinary efforts just to see some rioters flout the law another time with their disrespect for the courts.

We will continue to build cases, bring rioters to court and for those who don’t go to jail, we will do everything possible to make sure they are in compliance with the sentence they received.

We owe the victims of that night and the people of our community nothing less.