THIS question is as much about: whether Marty
MeSorley should have been tried in court for an on-

game incident as it is about the severity of the sentence.
In case vou managed to miss the news last week, the trial
the week before or the incident itself which was immor-
talized on film and aired as much as the Rodney King
beating was, McSorley was charged with assault by the
Vancouver Police fora slash te Donald Brashear’s head.
Neither the Vancouver Canucks nor the National
Hockey League wanted a criminal trial, but police at the
game were witnesses and forwarded charges to the
Crown. McSorley said accident, others talked about the speed of the game and Brashear
could remember nothing of the incident itself. Fans seemed mostly neutral, while some
voiced the league's position: that game infractions should be dealt with by the league.
The judye’s conditional discharge will, eventually, mean McSorley escapes a criminal
record. If the NHL handed out lifetime bans, perhaps court would not be an issue.

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Bob Wilson

North Vancouver

f agree he was guilty and
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ice seek frau inks Teens nabbed in failed

WV mid-day burglary
with five counts of fraudulent ;

; TWO West Vancouver youth have been charged
use of a credit card, one

Darrei Darcy

Vancouver

1 hate hockey, but he Of'd
(as in OJ. Simpson) out of
it. It should have been set-
tled the Canadian way — on
the ice. If vou five by the
stick you die by the stick.
How much did it cose us all
in court time anyway?

Trevor Lafont

orth Vanceuver
No. Hockey's hockey.
sticking is part of ic, No way
it should have been in court,

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Dundarave/Amblesidey
British Properties
Norgate/Pemberion Heights
Capilano/Delbrook Highlands
Lower Lonsdale

Central and Upper Lonsdale
Lynn Valley

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WEST Vancouver

police are investigating
“a case involving a
friendship that began

in Lions Gate Hospital .

‘and ended in fraud.

According to, media Tiai-
son officer Jim Almas, a West
Vancouver senior who was in

recovering from a stroke was
befriended by Marvin Ernest
Helfrich, a 49-year-old North
Vancouver man.

When the 72-year-old
went home in’ December,
Helfrich — who also uses the
first name Mike — went with

-him, to act as a caretaker.

After the victim began. to

ing credit cards, $1,000 cash
and some valuable coins, he
asked Helfrich to leave.

On Feb. 24 he contacted
police to notify them that his
credit card had been used
fraudulently, to buy $1,500
worth of goods.

After a lengthy investiga-

count of fraud under $5,000,
and) possession of stolen
property.

Police are interested in
speaking with anyone else
who has had dealings with
Helfrich. Call Const.. Paul
Skelton at 925-7300.

— Deana Lancaster

with break and enter after a mid-day burglary
attempt earlier this week was unsuccessful.

According to West Vancouver police, a teenager coming
home from school at 1 p.m. on Tuesday with three of his friends
interrupted the would-be robbers, who panicked and fled.

The teens managed to grab one of the suspected youth, and
called police who caught the other a short distance away...

The teens, aged 15 and 16 cannot be named in accordance
with the Young Offenders Act. — Deana Lancaster

tion, Helfrich was charged

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