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North Shore News

Caster’s defence calls ne witnesses

Bob Mackin
Contributing Writer

MICHAEL Caster will
not testify at his B.C.
Supreme Court trial in
New Westminster.

Caster, 2i, is charged with
the first-degree
Mohammed Mirhadi.

Mirhadi was killed on Feb.

28, 1997, during a screening

of the gangster movie Donnie
Brasco at) Famous Plavers
Esplanade 6 in North
Vancouver.

Caster’s defenes lawyer
Paul MeMurra, told Justice
Randall Woug and a jury

murder of

that he would
no defence evi-

Wednesday
introduce
dence.

Crown counsei Mark
Levitz will likely begin his final
remarks on Monday morning.
MeMurray will follow with the
defence statement.

Wong may begin — his
instructions to the jury as soon
as Monday afternoon, The
jury is expected to begin delib-
erations on Caster’s fate some-
tme Tuesday.

Although Caster won't
take the stand in his own
defence, his voice has been
heard in court.

Hours of RCMP surveil-
hance audio tapes were played

for tne judge and jure. On one
tape seeretly made ‘on Supt.
10, 1997. Caster told) an
undercover RCMEP officer that
he killed Mirhadi.

The contession was cheited
during a phony drug offload
operation acar Courtenay,
B.C.

Caster and another man
whose initials are ILM., were
promised $60,000 to become
involved in the drug, offload.

Both men were arrested
Sept. 13, 1997 in’ North
Vancouver.

PM... whose full name can
not be published, will go to
trial in October tor first-degree
murder.

According to tape evi-
dence, Caster wanted to kill
Mirhadi because of a Feb. 26,
1997 dispute in a parking lot
at Capilano Mall.

Caster, Mirhadi and anoth-
er man, David Darmadi, met
to discuss the quality of stolen
stereo cquipment purchased
by Caster.

Mirhadi slapped and kicked
Caster according to Darmadi’s
testimony in December.

Two days cater Caster saw

Mirhadi in the theatre com-
ples and allegedly lett to get a
gun and disguise.

The murder weapon, a nine
taillimetre semi-automatic
handgun, has not been found.

During cross examination
of Crown witnesses,
MeMiurray has told the court
that he believes there were
others who had greater rea-
sons to shoot Mirhadi.

MeMurray believes the
police investigation was not

thorough. He argued police
did not follow all leads reward
ing Mirhadi’s other associates.

On Monday, however,
Vancouver City: Police detec:
tive Reb Forsberg told the
court: Mirhadi was not a sus-
pect in the kidnapping of
Randy Chan.

Darmadi—testitied in
December that Randy Chas’s
brother sought revenge
against supposed participants
in the kidnapping.

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