ees Se, 56 pages eh le a Ce Office, Editorial 985-2131 TASTY TRIP A truly gourmet-style excursion to the west coast of Vancouver Island Dispiay Advertising 980-0511 CHAIR MAN Stunning craftsmanship evident in the furniture designs of Francis Lemieux ‘Spdtlig battens Classifieds 986-6222 ght Distribution 986-1337 NORTH VANCOUVER RCMP are investigating a motor vehicle accident that sent one of the police department’s cruisers crashing inte a house in the 300- block of East Keith Road on Sunday morning. For details see page 5. Gerald O’Grady sentenced in connection with 1992 murder of his wife WEST VANCOUVER resident was Gerald O’Grady sentenced Monday in B.C. Supreme Court to life im- prisonment in connection with the 1992 beating death of his wife in the couple’s Park Royal Towers apartment. O’Grady, known as Larry to his friends, was found guilty on June 25 of second-degree murder in connection with the death of Beverley O'Grady, his wife of 32 years. He plans to appeal his convic- tion. On Menday, Mr. Justice Bruce Macdonald. ceciared parole eligi- By Brent Mudry Concribuiing Writer bility after 10 years for the West Vancouver man —- the mandatory minimum under the criminal code. O’Grady will mark his” 70th birthday in jail next Tuesday if an PEARSE cae reo et appeal court bail hearing, set for tomorrow, is unsuccessful. “rE believe errors were made in the conduct of the trial,"’ defence lawyer Deidre Pothecary of North Vancouver, told the News, “The Crown didn't sufficiently exclude all other possibilities for Beverley's murder.” O'Grady steadfastly maintained his innocence throughout the three-week murder trial, He claimed tat a mysterious intruder may fave murdered his wife on the night of May 18, O'Grady told the court he had been watching Wheel of Fortune, Night Court and a ‘‘third-rate”’ boxing match on television in the den of the couple's apartment and had discovered his wife’s lifeless body in the kitchen when he went for a coffee. A forensic examination deter- mined that Beverley O’Grady had been struck on the head with a blunt instrument over 20° times and may have lived for 15 to 20 minutes after her attacker stop- ped. Pothecary declined comment to Justice Macdonald, Crown prosecutor Mike Luchenko, filling in for trial pro- secular Hank Reiner, revom- mended that a mandatory 10-year ban on the convicted man’s possession of firearms or ex- plosives also be imposed, O’Grady stood in the prisoner's box and declined comment before his sentence was pronounced. He was led out by sheriffs after the '2-minute hearing to await transfer to the pre-trial detention centre.