September 24, 1993 104 pages Office, Editorial 985-2131 |HOME WORK Experts focus on the fundamentals of home Improvement and repairs. Display Advertising 980-0511 and safety. Classifieds 986-6222 ety. heise TE HONDA ACCORD New model success- fully taps into 90s themes of economy Distribution 986-1337 NEWS photo Tery Peters TRAFFIC SLOWS during the Wednesday evening rush hour as motorists view the aftermath of a collision eastbound (between Westview and Lonsdale) cn the Upper Levels Highway. A white Toyota Tercel was rear-ended by a grey Honda while the cars were travelling past a blue Piymouth that had pulled over on to the shoulder of the road. No injuries were reported. Family of slain NV doctor upset over events leading to 1992 shooting unsettling,’’ Collver added, before THE FAMILY of a North Vancouver doctor shot to death fast year by a man found criminally insane Wednesday is demanding a public inquiry into the disturbing buildup to the bizarre events leading fo the shooting. Dr. Verne Flather was shot to death at point-blank range with a gun cartier seized by the North Vancouver RCMP. Flather was leaving his home at 431 East Keith Rd. in broad daylight on April 22, 1992 when he was shot by David Roger Henderson, Henderson calmly directed traffic after the shooting, even trying to wave on the first By Brent Mudry Contributing Writer police car to arrive at the scene, “Henderson was a time bomb that finally went off." said David Flather, one at the doctor's three children, Mr. Jusiice Ross Collver pronounced Henderson not crimi- nally cesponsible for second- degree murder, after a three-day trial without jury in B.C. Supreme Court, The doctor’s wife, mother and three grown children sat in the front row of the public gallery. Henderson, 51, dressed in a grey suit without Ue, strode in measured pace to the prisoner’s box, with a stoney face, devoid of emotion. “The victim was a cherished father and a most valued meniber of our community,’ the judge said. Flather, a 1962 UBC grad, served in general practice for 30 years. ‘'The possibility that Henderson will walk the streets of Nerth Vancouver once more is SM SL ices ae pan ie aie Nea rig ESAT Aca tc) listing all cight points of defence lawyer Peter Wilson's closing argument, “PE regret having reached the conclusion of mental incapacity.” Crown prosecutar Hank Reiner noted the psychiatric consensus spoke for itself. As the judge and gallery filed out of the room, David Flather, 26, shouted to Henderson in rage: “CW make sure you never get out.’’ Outside the courtroam, he punched a wall, displacing a secu- tity partition before being restrained by his younger brother Bob. cs ERE: “If it were my dad, Ud have hit the wall harder,’’ a veteran court-watcher noted. Dr. Flather’s aging mother shook her head: “Why did the police give him back his guns?” Henderson may have pulled the trigger, but the system cannot escape scrutiny. “We feel totally let down by the system, especially the police. No one took action on the pattern of scrious warning signs,”’ said David Flather. Henderson's The = shipyard is chilling. filed a story worker See Fiather page SELES TES Ry Cae oy Gracie vaasts? a