Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­

Skip to content
Join our Newsletter

Woman pleads guilty to armed kidnapping in Richmond

Ashley Smith admitted the charge and will be sentenced in September along with co-accused Michael Husain
vancouver provincial court criminal

A second person has pleaded guilty to kidnapping a victim from a vehicle at gunpoint in Richmond.

According to a VPD statement last fall, the victim was assaulted, restrained and suffered significant, but non-life threatening injuries.

Four people were arrested at the scene, said police, which was the result of an investigation into home invasions.

Woman pleaded guilty to kidnapping

At Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Provincial Court on Tuesday, Smith, 30, pleaded guilty to a charge of “kidnapping using (a) firearm simpliciter.”

She appeared in court charged with a total of 13 offences – many of which were unrelated to the kidnapping.

As well as the aforementioned armed kidnapping, Smith admitted to four other charges, including failing to stop for police and a breach of probation.

She was remanded in custody and will be sentenced in September, along with her co-accused, Michael Husain, who admitted in March to three charges, including kidnapping using a firearm, assault causing bodily harm and using a firearm to commit an indictable offence.

Also charged in connection with the kidnapping is Harman Parmar, 24, and a fourth person, whose name is subject to a court publication ban.

Reader Feedback