William Mastop
VANCOUVER - The Vernon lawyer who acted as a tool for a criminal gang has been sentenced to a year in jail in the first such conviction of its kind in Canada.
William Mastop, 46, pleaded guilty last December to participating in a criminal organization known as the Greeks.
A prosecutor told the judge during a sentencing hearing that Mastop provided the gang with court documents that led to the murders of two people.
But B.C. Supreme Court Justice Mark McEwan said there wasn t enough evidence that the information led to the deaths and only some of Mastop s behaviour was criminal.