Most expensive trial i in Canadian history

Five prominent

' businessmen were given jail

sentences, and -eight .

companies were fined a total.

of $6.5-million, | as the most .

expensive trial in. Canadian
history wound up Monday.

Five weeks - ago, the

“The j jury { found ‘hieta ge guilty |

of attempting to defraud th
agencies of $4.25' millic
rigging - contract:
‘Hamilton harbour ‘to the
Gulf of St. ‘Lawrence. :

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Expeits say it may ‘take
three months: to control a
* blaze on an offshore oil well
in the Gulf of Mexico, which
is causing 30,000 barrels. of
‘crude oil a day to pour into
the ocean.

Just over a week ago, a
major oil well burst into
flames in rich fishing waters.

They -heard 36-weeks of
testimony, three. weeks of

by: . drésses, |

_ eleven. ‘day charge to the

ay: night at the

It was found that the
companies met to fix a bid
on a contract, and then the
company receiving the
contract paid off the others.

. The jury: had been on the

case, which was:one of the -
*s largest'and most complex in
a Canadian History, | for 14.5
i “months, "

defense. and - Crown ad-
and the judge's

jury;in the trial which ‘cost

an estimated $7 million..

died” of cancer which had
spread to his intestines.
The classic tough guy of

: Hollywood, whose real name
" was Marion Morrison, had

“his first starring role as an

°. had been in. actor in 1939, in the movie

about 800 Kilometres south

- east of Mexico City.

While the state owned
Mexican oil company says
the spill will have a minimal
effect on the enviroment,
local fishermen and en-
viromentalists disagree.

They say the spill, which
by Monday had spread to an

Justice William Parker,
who handed down the
‘sentence in Toronto, said
evidence. of | the © trial in-
dicated. bid rigging is a
common practise in the
dredging industry.

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Harold MatNamars, aged
64, the former president of
MacNamara > Corporation
Limited of Toronto, was
sentenced: to 5 years im-
prisonment. ;

&

John Simard, aged 57, the 7

former vice-president of
Marine Industries Limited of
Montreal, was given a three
year jail term.

Over 50. years, Wayne
appeared in more than 200

movies, a number of which

were westerns.

Sidney Cooper, aged 58,
the former president of Pitts
Engineering and  Con-
.Struction |. Limited. » of
-Toronto, was also given a.
three year term. wel .

Two other businessmen

- from Richmond; were given
‘two’ years fess; one; day,

reformatory termis: 3

| The . “most - “heavily ’ fined

- company was the J. P. Porter.

company, which was fined
$2 million.

J dee: “Parker: pave ‘the
companies a Year to pay the:
fines.

so he could stay awake to be.
with his . ‘wife and~ seven
children.”

ra

” For 24 hours before his

Although he was eoportcd’ ie “Wayne was in a-

to be in severe pain, Wayne

refused to: take medication

: spreads in Gulf of Mexico.
ong

area of 111 kilometres, could
have disasterous effects.

Over 500 people ; ‘are
fighting to cap the well! and
clean up the spill, which
experts fear could spread
throughout the Gulf of
Mexico and begin reaching
Louisiana and Texas in less
than a month.

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