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Supreme Court judge has found the Vancouver

driver of a car that struck and killed a 56-year-old West

Vancouver female pedestrian

causing death.

Calling the case a ‘marked
departure from the norm,’’ Mr.
Justice Donaid Clancy said Tues-
day in B.C, Supreme Court that
Laverne Darrell Vanlerberghe was
“wilfully ‘blind’’ and drove with

_ excessive speed in light of
prevailing conditions.” ”

Vanlerberghe, a 50-year-old
fire retardant salesman, hit In-
gaborg Von Schlack, 56, after his
Mazda RX7 sports car veered off
the road and mounted the side-

guilty of criminal negligence

By Cheryl Ziola
Contributing Writer

walk at Marine Drive and 19th
Street in West Vancouver, where
she and her husband were walking
on March 30, 1991.

The car then made a hard right
turn and crashed into a nearby gas
station, where it caught fire.

Defence lawyer. Joel Gold main-

District reconsiders
controls on housing

From page 1
ments proposed last week ofa
two-foot: reduction ‘from the ¢x-
isting limits in each category;
® certain bulk and FSR (floor-
space ratio, which is the ratio of
_ lot: size to building size) restric-
tions; :
@ and a proposal that the. Advi-
‘sory Planning Commission (APC)
host public hearings into the issue
_ Of. infill, housing. size and the
‘possibiliti¢s of ‘special height .zon-
cings for individual neighborhoods.
Turner | described
passed last weck in committee as
“very seriously flawed.’’

He said it created the possibility

of outlawing two-storey homes in
some” ureas “and trapping some
in. deteriorating homes
’ with decreasing equity.
Turner said. the: motion
’s been. endorsed
any expert testimony.”

He. said it-' was not detailed

had

enough in differentiating between

‘ demolition and Tenovation. ©

But Coun. Ernie Crist decried
the move to endorse the staff-
"recommended heights and the in-
‘volvement, of the APC and Advi-
sory Design Panel (ADP). '

-“Now we are back to where we.

were 12 years ago,”’ said Crist. ; -

Noting that the advisory com-
mittees.i have already. endorsed
building heights: of 32) feet, Crist
said, ‘‘They will not’give you the

answers: that.. you want’ because’
this is a political decision...

Do you ‘approach this from

the poiit of view of the: citizen or -

from the point of view of. the de-:

“Coun. Rick Buchols said’ neigh-

i He.: also* proposed reducing.

: Turher’s, height”
another two feet, =

proposals: by:

“:Coun. : Janice Harris supported -

Buchols’ . amendment, . reminding

“council that she had warried of the’
dangers of pulling numbers: out of

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numbers with no supportive anal-
ysis,"’ said Harris. .

Richard Plunkett, the district’s
director of development. and
planning services, emphasized. to
council that ‘‘basically what we

_are dealing with here is reducing

mass.. View is’ a whole. other
issue.” ss
Among . the amendments. ‘ap-
proved’ by council to control infill
housing in single-family areas
were:
® reducing ‘the maximum height
“of a home with a flat roof to 20
“feet (6.09. m)-and the maximun

height of a house with a sloping

roof to between 24 feet and 28 .

feet (7.3.to 8.5 m) depending on
ithe slope; °. .
© reducing. the’ building bulk
from ‘a maximum ’.of 40% : site
coverage 0 35%. :
“Council. also’ endorsed ‘Coun.
Joan Gadsby’s’ amendment
keep the organization of public
Meetings .on the issues. within
‘council rather than delegated te
ithe advisory bodies. .

to.

tained that Vanlerberghe had no
recollection of the accident or how
it happened.

He suggested during
Vanlerberghe’s trial, which took
place in late November and carly
December last year, that
Vanlerberghe may have suffered a
“dizzy spell’ or encountered
mechanical problems with the car
before inadvertently : hitting the
woman. ;

However, Mr. Justice Clancy
said that he couldn't accept those
possibilities as the sole cause of
the accident.

“Mere _ possibilities
enough,’ the judge said.

are not
“In-

Paul Kariya a
star on gold

medal jr. team

NORTH VANCOUVER
hockey player Paul Kariya
was briefly back on the
North Shore last week
earning some well-deserv-
ed rest after Canada’s gold
medal performance at. the
recent world junior hockey
championships in Sweden.

By A.P. McCredie
Sports Reporter.

The 18-year-old sensatica’ was
named to the first all-star team
at the tournament, making him
the first. player from the Lower
Mainland to hold that honor.

Other players who have shared
that honor-in the past include
Wayne, Gretzky, Pavel Bure and
Eric Lindros. ,

Last. year the S10",
pound winger was a member of
the Canadian team that finished
“a disappointing . sixth at the
world junior hockey champion-
ships. .

“Without a doubt. this makes :

-cocaine ...

Wednasday, January 13, 1993 — North Shore News -3

river found guilty of criminal negligence —

Court sets Feb. 1 as sentencing date for man involved in fatal 1991 WV crash

advertency cannot explain the cir-
cumstances here.””

Clancy said that Vanlerberghe’s
actions such as “prior ingestion of
erratic driving ... and
lack of any evasive action’’ did
not show inadvertency.

The judge said that under: in-
advertent circumstances,
Vanlerberghe would have swerved
“long before disaster occurred.
(Vanlerberghe) made a terrible er-
ror in judgment,”’ he said.

Keeping his head down during
delivery of the verdict,
Vanlerberghe displayed no visible
signs of emotion when Clancy toid
him that he “showed wanton or

160-..”

up for last year’s performance,”’ | §

said Kariya from. his North Van- ;
couver home. ‘‘At this point of,
my career, this gold medal is the;
biggest highlight.””

‘< Kariya returned Sunday to the’
University of Maine, hoping to
continue the pace’ he set. before
embarking ‘in December on the
gold medal odyssey in Europe. -;

At. the Christmas break,. the

~freshr nan Student’ Jed the entire

“NCAA™:(National Collegiate
Athletic’ Association) in scoring,
with 13 goals and 49 points in 16
games.

The University of Maine’ s
Black Bears are currently ranked
No. 1 in the NCAA, with’ a 21-0
record,

reckless disregard for the lives and .
safety of other persons.”’

Sentencing for Vanlerberghe is
scheduled for Monday, Feb. 1.”

Any sentence is at the discretion
of the judge, but Vanlerberghe *
could face a maximum sentence of :
life imprisonment.

Vanlerberghe has also been
charged with possession of cocaine
for the purpose of trafficking ;in
connection with the police recov-
ery of 22 grams of cocaine follow-'
ing the fatal accident.

Vanlerberghe's trial on. the co-

caine, charge has been scheduled to
start on Monday, March 22,

NEWS photo Cindy Goodman

"PAUL KARIYA proudly, displeys the gold’ ‘medal he won: as

part of the Canadian junior world championship . team. .The |”
North Vancouver resident was home fora brief rest before.
returning to the University of Main where he i enjoying an’:

excellent. freshman year. San

“The ‘biggest difference. be:
_ tween junior hockey and college - ©

is the size and knowledge of the
players,” Kariya said.
As a junior with the Penticton

Panthers for two seasons, Kariya".

was .named «the ’ 1991-92. Cana-

dian and B.C. Junior ‘A most

valuable player (MVP). 0: ..-
He was runner-up for the na--

_ tional MVP award cin’ “his: first ‘

year ot j junior.

With” recent - comparisons’ ‘in

the media to,.Wayne: Gretzky,

Kariya i is trying to: ‘keep such lof-

ty praise in perspective. ws oe
~ Although his ‘name -is among:

the : top’ five players ‘eligible: for:

‘the 1993 ‘entzy draft, he plans to: | =
“. return either to: Maine next year. -
or join Canada's “1994 Olympic 2

” Crown seeks. psychiat ic assessment t for Snow

AN. ONTARIO man who was convicted of .a string“ of for. and against _ “the psychiatric

: criminal charges, ‘including sexual ‘assault ‘causing. bodily

harm and armed robbery,. will appear in North Vancouver
provincial court on Jan. 22, as the’ Crown will seek a court
order to. have him undergo a a’ 30-day psychiatric ; assess-

ment.

David | Alexander Snow, 37, was”

convicted of the charges last. year.

They stem from incidents in North
Vancouver and Vancouver. .~ /

Judge Jerome. Paradis had orig- :
inally set aside: Jan. 12 to 14.to-

hear an. application: by.; Crown -.. ‘de
- Goldberg told Paradis that’, such
an assessment ~.would violate

counsel Greg Weber.to have: Snow
declared a dangerous offender.

On Tuesday, ‘however, Weber. *
aid: he* wanted . to have" ‘Snow?

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By Surj Rattan 7

News Reporter

undergo.'a 30- day psychiatric. ,
assessment. an a
But .° defence “lawyer Sheldon °

_Snow’s constitutional rights.: ¢; °°“
The col rt will hear, arguments

assessment on Jan. 22, and a rul-,
ing is scheduled to be delivered on
the matter on Jan. 29... ~

March 17, 18 and 19 have t been:

set aside for Crown counsel’s
,dangerous offender application

for Snow. ,
Snow- has also been charged

-.. with -murder:. and . kidnapping

counts in Ontario. :
On Tuesday, Goldberg - ‘attemp-

ted to have Paradis impose a ban’:

on publication of. the court pro-

ceedings, saying news ‘stories ‘of.

the hearing would deny. Snow his
right to a fair trial in Ontario. .
‘He also criticized 'the’ press for °

not reporting Snow’s trial objec: «

tively.: : Lo
“The. press ; ‘has’ a “very narrow ae

focus.: It simply wants ‘to publish”: ‘

an “account : consistent’ with: their.“

- objectives. The ‘press: isn’t “cons .:?

cerned ‘with an objective assess-
ment of the facts... ©

-“Pm ‘not: being | critical - of the
press; they have a job to doy But.
they don’t, -have. any. interest in ©
‘protecting the tights of the accus-
ed,’’ said Goldberg; :

~ But Weber told Paradis that ‘the
‘provincial court does not have the

authority “to impose a ban. on

_ publicatioa. . 2

Justice ‘°Paradis ~ said he’ ‘will ae
- decide on. March .17 if a ban on '

Publication v will be imposed