'Heroic' efforts of gunshot victims recalled as home invasion shatters B.C. couple
- Two men, Edward Coghill and Stewart Tkachuk, were sentenced to considerable jail time for a violent home invasion in Lumby, receiving 11 years each as ruled by B.C. Supreme Court Justice John Gibb-Carsley on April 14.
- Tkachuk received an additional year for possessing a firearm while prohibited, totaling 3,930 days in prison, while Coghill received 3,775 days.
- The pair entered a home wearing masks and brandishing shotguns, injuring the occupants, James Jurica and Candace Kado, who suffered gunshot wounds during the invasion.
- Both men expressed remorse, and the judge emphasized the profound impact of their actions on the victims' lives and the importance of rehabilitation during custody.
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Double-digit sentences for armed men guilty of North Okanagan home invasion
It was midnight and James Jurica and his then-girlfriend Candice Kado were awake and lying in bed at their rural Lumby home when two men, armed with a shotgun and with masks pulled over their faces, broke in. Edward Scott Coghill and Stewart Wayne Tkachuk then shot out the power to some of the lights and barged into the bedroom. Jurica was shot in the chest stomach and hip with shotgun pellets and Kado swung and hit one of the men with a baseb…
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