B.C. Couple Awarded Damages Against Neighbour After 2022 Shooting
Justice Julie Gibson ordered Paul Tregear to pay the Nelsons about $1.1 million and reimburse the province for health-care costs after the 2022 shooting.
- On Friday, August 14, The Supreme Court found Paul Tregear liable for more than $1 million in damages after shooting his neighbour Anthony Nelson in May 2022, leaving Nelson with lifelong injuries.
- In May 2022, Tregear trespassed on the Nelsons' property carrying a loaded.22-calibre rifle and shot Anthony at point-blank range; Tregear is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence in Abbotsford for aggravated assault and firearms charges.
- Justice Julie Gibson awarded Anthony $767,100 for assault and battery and Wendy $279,186 for intentional infliction of mental suffering, plus ordered Tregear to pay about $64,000 in provincial health care costs.
- Representing himself in the civil trial, Tregear claimed the shooting was "unproven," prompting Gibson to note his "exceptionally poor insight and a callous disregard for the Nelsons' suffering" despite his prior criminal conviction.
- Anthony continues suffering from long-term health complications including a bullet lodged in his body, while Wendy struggles with persistent post-traumatic stress and anxiety that have not resolved since witnessing the shooting.
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The Toronto Star
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Sooke man owes $1.1M after shooting neighbour point-blank in the stomach
A man, his wife and the B.C. government are owed a combined total of $1.1 million for injuries from being shot in the stomach at point-blank range by his Sooke neighbour. In May 2022, Paul Tregear trespassed on his neighbour’s property carrying a loaded .22 calibre rifle, a ruling by Justice Julie Gibson says. He then shot his neighbour, Anthony Nelson, in his stomach at point-blank range, and his wife Wendy Nelson witnessed the shooting. Tregea…
Sooke News Mirror
Sooke man owes over $1M for 2022 shooting of neighbour
A Sooke man is on the hook for over $1 million after Anthony Nelson and his wife Wendy Nelson successfully sued another couple for lasting damages stemming from a 2022 shooting that left Anthony with lifelong injuries. At a hearing on Friday, Aug. 14, Paul Tregear was found liable to Anthony for “the torts of assault, battery and negligence,” and to Wendy for the “torts of negligence and intentional infliction of mental suffering.” In May 2022, …
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