i ; { } i i ; ? i pa Ke He mee Ee paneer tie pea at ene tr, TIC yy an SL pyre melas mee St getter SESE ARES pus eM Rp SOT NEWS photo lan Smith A SOMBRE Tom and Linda May, parents of slain ‘three-year-old Genoa (Genni) May, leave North Vancouver provincial court Monday after hearing first-degree murder charges read against 20-year-old North Van resident Darren Kelly. Accused tot killer faces psychiatric examination THE man accused in the murder of three-year-old Genoa (Genni) May was remanded in custody for Darren Andrew Henry Kelly, 20, sat motionless - with his hands covering his face ‘and. his head bowed during the approximately 20 minutes that constituted his second appearance in North Vancouver provincial court on’ first degree murder charges. Tight security surrounded the North’ Vancouver man's brief appearance as’ room of onlookers was sear- ched and combed with. metal detectors by .North Van- couver RCMP end provin- cial court sheriffs before entering. Genni’s parents, Tom and | Linda May, both 30, sat ashen-faced with relatives in the ‘courtroom’s front row, staring into the empty pris- oner’s box. .. ; Linda .May’s blank stare disappeared when Kelly, wearing a blue and red plaid shirt and jeans, was brought: from the courthouse lock-up into the courtroom by pro- vincial court sheriffs. She then began to weep softly in the tense, silent atmosphere. a "NO PLEA ENTERED. The accused man entered no plea and barely raised his head above the level of. the prisoner’s box as Crown Prosecutor Rowley’s request for a court ban on publication of all in- formation given in the pro- ceedings was: agreed to by provincial court Judge J.K. Shaw: Richard Peck. After “hearing a prelimi- nary psychiatric. report .of the accused from psychiatrist Clifford Kerr, Judge Shaw committed Kelly‘in’ custody each’ member of a packed court: ° Anthony! and defence counsel ‘a 30-day psychiatric examination Monday. to Port Coquitlam’ s forensic psychiatric institute for a 30-day psychiatric examina- tion, and rematided the ac- cused to appear in North Vancouver provincial court on or before Jan. 22. Explaining his request that the accused be remanded to the North Vancouver court house rather than be transferred to Sechelt, pro- secutor Rowley said there was concern for maintaining security while in transit aboard B.C. Ferries. COMMENTS WITHHELD - Speaking to a sea of media outside the North Vancouver courthouse, Tom May said, “You people have been good to us so far, but we'd just as soon not say anything for the first time. We just feel a fot of anger. We don't want to talk.”’ Kelly was arrested Dec. 20 and charged with first degree murder in connection with the death of Genni May fol- lowing the Dec. 14 discovery of the girl’s body on a logg- ing road seven kilometers from her family’s Sechelt- area motel room. Saying he had knoiwn the. accused for approximately seven years and had been one of Kelly’s closest friends for the past year, North Vancouver resident Phil Wonnacott said he was shocked and surprised at his friend’s arvest. “IT couldn’t believe it. When I first heard about it, I just thought it can't be him, he’s not the kind of person to do something like this.”” The 19-year-old North Vancouver man said he had attended both Seycove Community Secondary and Keith Lynn Alternate Sec- ondary schools with Kelly, and had spoken to him in the days between Genni May's death and his friend's arrest: ‘‘Something seemed to be bothering him. He had been having problems with his girlfriend and said he wanted to run away to Toronto.”’ Wonnacott said Kelly had been working insulating pipes at his girlfriend’s Sechelt cabin Dec. 13 and 14, He described Kelly as a person who had had pro- blems in school and with teachers. Wonnacott said Kelly was ‘‘a good guy”’ who cultivated a very small circle of friends. NEWS photo lan Smith FRIENDS of Darren Kelly, charged with the murder of Genni May, wait outside North Vancouver provincial court for a chance to see the accused. Left to right are Tracey Won- nacoft, John Bishop, Phillip Wonnacott and Gord Dosie. 3-- Wednesday. December 35, 1985 ‘— North Shore ‘News Terminal drinkers go free A BEER drinking session in a North Vancouver grain elevator landed two men in court Monday. David Michael Pan- chyshyn, 23, and Dean Panchyshyn, 22, ap- peared before North Vancouver provincial court Judge J.K. Shaw charged with trespassing on Ports Canada proper- ty. The Panchyshyn brothers and North Van- couver resident Christopher Hay, 23, jointly faced the trespass- ing charge, following an Aug. 28 incident in which the trio was found on the eighth floor of the Pio- neer Grain Terminal, 375 Low Level Road, drink- ing beer. Upon inquiries from security officials as to what they were doing, the trio explained that they were on the way to the roof of the elevator, which they said was their sorority house. In acquitting the Pan- chyshyns, Judge Shaw said because of the potential fire danger in the elevator, he did not blame Ports Canada of- ficials for laying charges, but took into account the proximity of the. festive season and what. ap- peared to be a iesson learned by the brothers. Christopher Hay, who . missed the morning court sitting, was scheduled to appear Monday. after- noon. Ingram charged with shoplifting INCOME TAX specialist David Glenn Towers In- gram appeared in North Vancouver provincial court Monday charged with theft under $200. ,’ - Ingram, 43, faces the charge in connection with an incident Nov: 8, in which he is alleged to ‘date. for have taken a package of batteries from North Vancouver’s London Drugs. Appearing before North Vancouver provin- cial court Judge J.K. Shaw, ‘Ingram was put over to Jan. 20 to fix a trial on the charge! Dead body to be identified NORTH VANCOUVER RCMP are requesting assistance in identifying a woman’s body \found floating in Burrard Inlet near Versatile Pacific Shipyard Dec. 12. The body is described as that of a white female about 55 to 65 years old, five feet six inches in height and 150 pounds. She was wearing a grey-black ‘winter coat. maroon slacks, a black. long-sleeved blouse and black winter boots. Anyone with informa- tion about the woman is requested to call North Vancouver RCMP at 985-1311. Firefighters help needy THE DISTRICT of North Vancouver Fire Department, with assistance from Canada Safeway, has made Christmas a little brighter for some North Shore residents. Members of the fire department raised $1,250 which they gave to the Salvation Army. In addition, the * firefighters raised $300 in food vouchers, from Canada Safeway. Major Samuel from the North Fame Van- COVER couver branch of the Salvation Army says the money and vouchers go a long way to help meet the organization’s obligation of helping needy North Shore families. The Salvation Army distributed about 250 food hampers Monday. The hampers contained groceries, a turkey and a $20 food voucher. There were also toys for children. Fame estimates each food hamper is worth about $100. PHOTO NORTH SHORE News’ staff are joined by family members in wishing readers the best of the holiday season and a healthy and prosperous New Year. Cover photograph was taken by Ian Smith.