the case said Wednesday.

‘But those accusations were all
‘denied by Snow as he was being
cross-examined in North Van-
‘couver provincial court by Crown
“ counsel Greg Weber.

Snow has pleaded not guilty to.

‘charges against him, in-
ui ing: :attempted’) murder and
exual assault, after the North
Vancouver. RCMP arrested him at

bout 4 a.m. on July 12.
“Snow had earlier pleaded guilty
1. charges against him, in-
“cluding sexual assault, sexual
assault with a weapon and four
counts of armed robbery.

‘Snow denied he was trying to
“sexually assault or kill a femaie
employee of the Bridge House res-

rant. on July 12.

“Snow, who.was armed with a
handgun at the time, said he only

‘wanted to take her car.
-Weber:told Snow he had plan-

to kidnap the woman and
ve her drive him in ‘her car,
¥ use ‘Snow does not know how

that. he

the. “woman

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sme of : the things he already ad- .
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SOL idn’t: “read it (statement of
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** Snow. said in court... >
Wednesday, Judge

‘closing .

‘the case from Weber .

“resisted,

By Surj Rattan
News Reporter

Weber said Snow planned to sex-
uaily assault and kill her.

“‘When she resisted you to the
extent she did and angered you to
the extent she did, you intended to
murder her,’ Weber told Snow.

“*No I did not,” replied Snow.

He added that he wanted to be
killed by police and knew the
poiice would be on the scene soon
because a silent alarm inside the
restaurant had been tripped.

Snow also said the only reason
he abducted a female employee of
a Movieland outlet at the
Westview shopping centre the day
before his arrest at the Bridge
House restaurant was so that he
could have a hostage which, said
Snow, might lead police to shoot
him.

“*} had intended to have a con-
frontation with the police. I had
thought if I took her (Movieland
employee) with me in her car, they
(police) would have ‘taken the sit-
uation more dangerously and
drawn their guns.

“‘My intention at that time was

Weber. told Pars dis that the
court should remembur that Snow
denied items in his rigned state-
ment of facts when assessing his ©
credibility. .

“When he (Snow): encounters
resistance (from femate victims) he
reacts with some violence. He uses
the words ‘I’m going to. f... you’
and carries out the sexual assaults
thereafter,” said Weber. :

He added inat the court should
believe the testimony of the Bridge

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to have the jolice shoot me. I
didn’t go to the video store to rob
it, but 1 did. I wanted to get a
hostage,”’ said Snow.

He also denied Weber’s sugges-
tion that ‘‘this is all an elaborate
game for you’? and that he
thought he could ‘‘outsmart the
police.”’

**You’re capable of great vio-

Friday, August 25, 1992 — North Shore News - 3

Snow denies murder attempt —

Accused abductor says there was no plan to kill victim

DAVID ALEXANDER Snow had planned to sexually
assault and murder one of four women who became his
victims during a reign of terror that started in Vancouver
in June and ended with his arrest at the Bridge House res-
taurant in North Vancouver in July, the Crown counsel in

or tackled,’’ Snow said. ‘‘t just
wanted to die. I wanted to be
shot. I didn’t want to be wound-
ed; I wanted to die.”’

Under questioning Tuesday by
his lawyer Sheldon Goldberg,
Snow said he told the Bridge
House employee several times to
calm down and be quiet, that he
was not going to hurt her, that he

“You? re capable of great violence, aren't you?”’
(Crown counsel Greg Weber)

“T guess we all are.”

(David Alexander Snow)

“You become sexually excited when you become angry,

(Weber)
(Snow)

don’t you?”
“No, I don't.”

lence, aren’t you,’’ Weber told
Snow.

“E guess we all are,’’ replied
Snow.

**You become sexually excited
when you become angry, don’t
you,”’ continued Weber.

“No I don’t,’’ replied Snow.

He also denied Weber’s sugges-
tion that his explanation of how
he was captured by police at the
Bridge House restaurant was 2
“fabrication made up by you as
part of this elaborate hide and
seek with the police.’

**] didn’t want to be captured

House restaurant employee over
that of Snow’s.

That person gave. testimony in
the case on Tuesday; she said she
thought Snow was going to kill
her.

But in his closing argument,
Goldberg said the Bridge House
employee’s perspective ‘“‘has to be
affected by the very traumatic cir-
cumstances she faced.”’

*Ie doesn’t follow that he’s
100% wrong,”’ said Goldberg.

i ‘WEST Vancouver Olympian-

A homecoming during a Monday. afternoon reception held jin.
: honor in the courtyard of the West Vancouver

‘municipal hall. ..

her:

- Kirsten Barnes, a double gold
- medallist on the dominant Cana-

, dian women’s rowing team at the

-1992 -‘Sunmer Olympic Games in
was presented
with a Certificate of Outstanding

= ‘.Accomplishment by West Van-

couver Mayor Mark Sager. |
Barnes was also presented with
a West Vancouver T-shirt and a

~_ West Vancouver flag.

-Among the assoricd guests at
the reception — including family,
friends, and past coaches — was
Capilano-Howe Sound MP Mary
Collins. |.

“The crowning moment for
Canada at these past Games was
the way that our women perform-
ed with a flawless sense of grace,’’
said Collins.

Barnes returned home last week

after. relaxing in ‘Europe with her ©
. parents following the. Barcelona

Games,

“The ~ greatest memory _ was

crossing the finish line and know-

- ing that. we:had won,’’ recalled

, Barnes. “‘But: the most emotional

" moment came when I stood on the.
. podium, saw the * flag being raised,

just wanted to take her car.

“I told her to get down on the
ground, and she wouldn’t. I took
her by the arms and pushed her
down to the ground, not hard,
and sat on her waist. She asked if
I was going to rape her, and I said

0.

‘*1 was looking for something to
tie her up with. I said I would
remove her sweater to tie her up.

“She hit me in the face and
knocked off my glasses and then
kneed me in the groin.

“Then I hit her three times in
the face,”’ said Snow,

Snow earlier admitted that he
placed a wire around the neck of
the Bridge House employee in an
attempt to stop her from scream-
ing.

The Crown alleged the wire was
an attempt by Snow to kil! the
woman, a charge denied by
Goldberg.

“That. (wire) is an extremely:

elaborate device if the only intent.
". ment in ‘the Snow. case“until Sept.”

is to kill the person,
“The person is tied and gagged.

received a hero’ s

By ALP. McCredia
News Reporter :

He added that the woman con-
tinued to resist him and that at
some point he managed to tie her
up with pieces of her clothing.

Snow said he got some wire
from a nearby flower planter and
was going to use it to tie up the
woman’s legs. :

“I threatened to put the wire
around her neck if she didn’t be
quiet. She continued to yell. I put
the wire around her neck and
twisted it three times at the back,

“She had a bag. beside her.. [
took the bag and put it over her:

head and held it there. I told her |.”

if she kept quiet I would take it ,
off,” said Snow.

He added that the woman stop- ”
ped resisting him. - :

Snow said he then: heard car~
doors closing and noticed a po-*-
liceman searching :
with a flashlight. :

He added that the policeman
twice flashed the light on him but
each time failed to see Snow.

He said the policeman would..
never know ‘‘how lucky he was”
that Snow decided not to shoot
him.

“I didn’t want to pull, my gun .
on him, 1 wanted them to Pull
their guns on me.”’

Snow said the third iime the po-.

woman’s body. : . ;

After a short chase, Snow wa
tackled to the © “ground | and
rested,

that wai
Goldberg.

make
ultimate devil, then: you ‘might ‘ask:
why didn’t’ he kill the. first‘ person
Why didn’t he kill-the second pe
son? Why: didn’t-he kill the‘?
person?": said Goldberg. oon

Paradis ha set: aside his. judg
M1.

’-in the *92 Olympi

. The Olympian’ pes

and knew my ‘Parents were up in. :

the stands.”’.

Barnes said she does not intend a

to row competitively anymore.

She said she is looking forward -

to returning to the University of
Victoria to complete her degree.

“Pye accomplished what I set!

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