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During the separation,
Diana Caouette was involved
in a new relationship with a
man. It developed to the
point where the children
were spending time with the
man, according to court tes-
timony.

On May 6 Caouette was
arrested at his estranged
wife’s home. He was charged
with threatening _her.
Caouette was released on bail
with conditions set out by a
justice of the peace.

One condition was that he
was not to be found east of
Riverside Drive where Diana
Caouerte and the children
lived.

For about five wecks,
according to the Crown,
Michel Caouette was not
allowed to see the children.

On Father’s Day, Joshua
had an overnight visit at his
dad’s home.

Both children eventually
had abcut two or three
overnight visits at their
father’s home during the
month leading up .to the
attack.

The children’s access con-
ditions accepted by both
sides in mid June included no
overnight visits at the father’s
home.

According ta evidence
from Belinda Geraghty, a
family court counselor, she
met with Michel Caouette on
June 12 to discuss Diana
Caouette’s new relationship
with a man.

“He made a comment to
the effect that it more or less
confirmed what he had sus-
pected all along,” said
Geraghty. She added that
Michel Caouctte did not
appear to have any emotional
reaction.

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JOSHUA Caouette, rushed to Lions Gate Hospital
on the morning of July 13, 1995.

The Crown planned to
present videotape evidence
showing Michel Caouette
buying a small axe at the
North Vancouver
Lumberland store six days
prior to the attack upon the
children.

The wood-handled axe
was designed to be “wielded
with one hand,” according to
the Crown.

On the same day, the
Crown said, Caouette
bought three long hooks
with threads on them
designed to be screwed into
wood.

Three days before the
attack, Caouette sold his
“major” personal assets con-
sisting of a television and
VCR.

The purchaser, Ali-Reza
Hassam, paid $440 for the
items. Hassam owns Shadow
Electronic Video in the
1800-block of Lonsdale
Avenue.

Hassam testified that
Caouette was a store cus-

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tomer and that Hassam had
not noticed anything unusual
about Caouette’s demeanor
on July 10, 1995.

Michel Caouette, who sat
facing forward and rarely
moved throughout Monday’s
court proceedings, nodded
when Hassam explained that
Caouette agreed to the $440
offer without bartering,

Balding and with a full
dark —_ beard, Caouette
appeared to have gained
weight since the preliminary
hearing beld a year ago in
North Vancouver. Caouette
was dressed in a grey business
suit and tie.

The Crown said it would
present evidence in the trial
to show Michel Caouette
sold the rest of his personal
items to a second-hand store
in North Vancouver on July
12.

The Crown said that on
July 11, Michel Caouette
phoned ‘his son and asked
him to go to a movie. Joshua
replied that he already had

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Diana Caouctte met her
estranged husband in the
lobby of his apartment on
July 12 in the morning.

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Diana Caouette will testify
that Michel Caouette told
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The children were
attacked the next morning at
8 am., according to the
Crown,

The trial is set for three
weeks before Mr. Justice
Allan D. Thackray. Michel
Caouette’s lawyer is John
White.

Diana Caouette divorced
Michel Caouette. She has
changed her last name to her
maiden name, Roxburgh.

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