Assault conviction A 19-YEAR-OLD North Vancouver man was recently jailed 30 days in connection with a charge of assaulting a male in North Vancouver District. Samer Abcukhazaal was found guilty of the charge stemming from x Dec. 5, 1493, incident. He also received 12 months’ probation. Probation term orders state that Aboukhazaal is not to be found in the parking lot or inside the McDonald’s restaurant on Marine Drive in West Vancouver. He is also prohibited from being in the Denny’s restaurant at 2050 Marine Dr. in North Vancouver, according to probation terms set by Judge Bill Rodgers in North Vancouver provincial court on June 29. Qn March 9, Aboukhazaal pleaded guilty to assault with a weapon in the same courthouse before Judge Doug Moss. Aboukhazaal was jailed 14 days in connection with that charge stemming from a Feb. 17 incident near Kinsraan Stadium on Jones Avenue in North Vancouver ity. Aboukhazaal, a former Carson Graham student, was charged after a butcher knife was thrown in the direc- tion of a male Carson Graham student. Aboukhazaal also received 18 months’ probation in connection with the weapon assault. Hikers rescued LIONS BAY Search and Rescue was called to an area between the east and west Lions on Wednesday at approximately 7 p.m. to assist a hiker with a serious leg injury. Christopher McGowan, 25, and Maggie Twigg, 19, were hiking at around 4:30 p.m. when Twigg slipped and fell 150 metres (492 ft.) down a steep, snowy slope. A large rock stopped her, cutting open her knee 15 to 20 centimetres (six to eight in.). Though Twigg and McGowan were experienced hikers, they did nut have ice axes which might have stopped Twigg’s slide sooner. McGowan administered first aid and alerted other hikers in the area, who called Lions Bay Search and Rescue. Because tie light was fading, a helicopter was called right away. Four Livus Bay members flew up and dropped cut of the helicopter while it was hovering. They picked up Twigg and McGowan and brought them to Lions Bay. The hikers were then taken to Lions Gate Hospital, where Twigg’s leg was stitched up. Name clarification ENVIRONMENTALIST KEVIN Beil was incorrectly named in a July 3 North Shore News story. Bell questioned whether studies had been conducted to determine whether the new location of the West Vancouver works yard would threaten any species of plant or animal life, or whether there would be an impact of water run-off. Bell is co-chairman of the Vancouver Natural History Society. Market growth NORTH VANCOUVER City Council recently approved an application on behalf of Pier 96 Flea Market to add outdoor vendors to its Lower Lonsdale operation. At a June 20 meeting « aotion to issue a temporary- use permit te the market found no seconders. . A revised bid to support the outdoor expansion found support at a meeting held on June 27. NEWS pl NORTH VANCOUVER RCMP officers and members of the North Shore Rescue Team focus ona srnall area in search for Lynn Duggan’s grave site near the Seymour Demonstration Forest. Duggan body site examined 4. FORENSIC anthropologist police investigator was flown in from Regina on Friday tc examine the dense-brush area near the Seymour Demonstra- tion Forest where joggers found a missing North Vancouver woman’s skull on June 30. By Anna Marie D’Angelo News Reporter Sgt. Bob Stair is an expert in investigating surroundings associat- ed with murdered bodies that are left or buried in bush areas. Said Stair, “It doesn’t appear at first rub that it (the body) will be intact.” To press time on Friday morn- ing, North Vancouver RCMP Staff Sgt. Ron Babcock said Lynn Duggan’s grave site had not been located. Searchers, using ski poles to prod through the bush, included 22 North Vancouver RCMP officers and members of the North Shore Rescue Team. The group focused on a smaller area after Stair sur- veyed the site. Police had roped-off a 182- metre-wide (200 yards) area near the dirt road that went in at least 273 metres (300 yards) to include a ravine and B.C. Hydro right-of- way. Duggan, 34, had been missing and presumed dead since police found her blood-splattered apart- ment on June 17, 1993. A little more than a year later, two men approached a U.TV televi- sion assignment editor and attempt- ed to sell a story about finding a skull, according to a U.TV spokesman. They later deposited the skull on a boulevard near 58th Avenue and Angus Drive in Vancouver. Babcock said the men, from the Vancouver area, contacted the RCMP on Thursday afternoon after widespread publicity which fol- lowed the release of information by the police on the skull’s discovery. Police released the information 12 days after the remains were found. “They (the men) were not the type of individuals out to make a fast buck,” said Babcock. 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