Pair receive stiff sentences in Cap Mall jewel heist Lugaro Jewellers smash and grab TWO VANCOUVER men convicted in the 1991 smash- and-grab robbery of a Capilano mali jewelry store have been handed 12- and seven-year jail terms. Robb Edward Napope, 22, of Vancouver, who had been found guilty April 10 of aggravated assault and assault with a weapon by a 12-person jury in connection with the jewel heist, was given the 12-year sentence. Napope was the alleged ring- leader of the three-man heist, which absconded with between $300,000 and $500,000 worth of diamonds and jewels from Lugaro Jewellers on June 7, 1991. The stolen goods have never been re- covered. Darcy Theodore Olson, 24, of Vancouver, who was found guilty of robbery charges in connection with the heist, received the seven-year sentence. The third suspect, Joseph Ken- neth Hleck, 29, also of Van- couver, has been charged with possession of stolen property, and a warrant has been issued for his _arrest. In sentencing Napope and Olson, Mr. Justice L.G. McKenzie described witness statements in which one person told of being hit in the body with 36 pellets and another with 27 pellets from the sawed-off shotgun used in the robbery. . “You both struck terror into the hearts of a number of peo- ple...the hope I. extend for tehabilitation is rather slim,’’ Justice McKenzie Said. In the pre-sentence hearing, defence counsel pointed out that By Robin Brunet Contributing Writer Napope had.two children and a Grade 12 education and that there was hope, therefore, for his rehabilitation. They told Justice McKenzie that a 10-year sentence was ap- propriate for Napope and sug- gested a five-year sentence for Olson. But the Crown reminded the judge that Napope had seven previous convictions as a young offender and 15 as an adult, with many of those convictions involv- ing violent crimes ~ The Crown said a 15-year to life sentence was appropriate for Mapope and a five- to 10-year sentence was appropriate for Olson. Napope, portrayed hy both Crown and defence counsels dur- ing the month-long trial as a petty ¢errninal who made a living selling stolen goods, used a sawed-off shotgun loaded with BB pellets in the robbery. He stood outside Lugaro Jewellers and ordered the mall’s shopoers to ‘hit the ground’’ while a cohort smashed several jewelry glass cases with a mallet. When several shoppers and at- tendees were slow to respond to Napope’s command, he fired the shotgun. Residents step up protests against all-night sailings IT WILL not be smooth sailing when the B.C. Ferry Corp. (BCFC) implements its 24-hour ferry schedule out of Horseshoe Bay on June 26, a local residents’ group has vowed. Ingrid Fischer, spokesman for Stop Overnight Sailings (SOS), a Horseshoe Bay group opposed to the BCFC’s plan to tun all-night ferry sailings this summer between Horseshoe Bay and Nanaimo, said SOS members will be out in full force on the night of June 26 at Horseshoe Bay to protest the 24-hour sailing decision. But she declined to say what format the protest would taxe. “*It’s (protest) firing up. A lot of people are fed up about just talking about it; they want action,”’ said Fischer. ‘I don’t know if we will blockade the ferries, but we'll sure be visi- ble. We won't let them do it.” Opponents of the all-night sailings decision have argued that the move will result in in- creased noise, crime and truck traffic in Horseshoe Bay. The BCFC has said it will run the 24-hour sailings on a trial basis during the summer to see if it cuts down on ferry line-ups at Horseshoe Bay and Nanaimo. The Crown corporation will also reduce fares for vehicles using the Horseshoe Bay- Nanaimo route when the 24- hour sailing schedule begins. “They’re (BCFC) above any- thing. They don’t have any laws,’’ said Fischer. ‘‘We have 2% times more ferries coming cut of Horseshoe Bay, and we’re not even really a ferry By Surj Rattan News Reporter terminal like Tsawwassen is.”’ During debate in the provin- cial legislature this week on budget estimates for the BCFC, West Vancouver-Garibaldi Liberal MLA David Mitchell said that while he is not op- posed to 24-hour sailings, those sailings should originate on the Mid-Island Express route between Tsawwassen and Nanaimo and not at Horseshoe Bay. He also called on the BCFC to phase out all vehicle traffic on the Horseshoe Bay- Nanaimo route. Mitchell said a fast ferry passenger-only ser- vice should be operated be- tween Horseshoe Bay and Nanaimo. The Horseshoe Bay terminal, he said,-should only provide vehicle traffic to Bowen Island and the Sunshine Coast. “Horseshoe Bay is not a ferry terminal, it's a communi- ty,’’ said Mitchell. Finance Minister Glen Clark, the minister responsible for the BCFC, admitted that the ferry corporation ‘‘did not do a good enough job on consulta- tion’’ with Horseshoe Bay res- idents prior to implementing the all-night sailings, but he said that Horseshoe Bay will remain a ferry terminal for the foresecable future. Sunday, June 14, 1992 - North Shore News - 3 VISITING FROM Alberta, Werner Frey brought out his Swiss alphorn to serenade passing motorists on Lonsdale last week. The 10-foot-long instrument, which is made of pine and wrapped in bamboo, Is too big for his apartment so the Munich native never misses a chance to go outside and entertain the neighbors. Legless man pleads with judge to keep ex-flancee out of jail prosecutor recounted the on-site A 30-YEAR-OLD man whose legs were crushed in North Vancouver by a motor vehicle driven by his former fiancee in 1990 appeared at the woman’s trial in B.C. Supreme Court on Thursday and made an impassioned plea on her behalf. “It’s been 18 months since that horrible night, and she has stood by me; I couldn’t have made it without her,”? David Gallson told Madam Justice C.A. Ryan. Tears streamed down Gallson’s face as he added: ‘‘I know what she’s going through, and I think she’s suffered enough. I hope the court finds it in (its) power not to send her to jail.” Elizabeth Butzow, 27, sat rigid throughout the day-long trial, during which Crown prosecutors recounted in detail the events leading up to and including the bizarre accident.- Gallson, Butzow, Gallson’s brother Jack and a number of other people were dining at North Vancouver’s Seven Seas Restau- rant on the evening of Dec. 29, 19906. The party had consumed seven bottles of wine and other alcoholic beverages, when a series of argu- ments, including one concerning Butzow’s announcement that she was pregnant, ensued. In the restaurani’s parking lot, the arguments came to a head be- By Robin Brunet Contributing Writer “ qween Gallson and his brother, who was the designated driver of the party’s rented Chevy Lumina. As the brothers engaged in what Gallson would later describe as ‘‘a brotherly fight,” Butzow climbed into the driver’s seat of the automobile and drove towards them. -The wheels of the car crushed Gallson’s legs. : Butzow then drove up Lonsdale at estimated speeds of 30 mph in snowstorm conditions, and Galison found himself clinging to the hood screaming for her to stop, Butzow turned onto 3rd Street, rear-ended a Toyota pickup, then reversed at high speed 100 yards and rammed into a taxi. Her flight was halted when the taxi driver rushed over and removed the keys from her igni- tion. Butzow burst into tears as the paramedic’s assessment of Gallson’s legs. ‘*The bones were shattered, the muscles ripped apart and expos- ed,’’ the prosecutor said. ‘‘In hospital the legs were amputated below the knees.’” Butzow had a blood alcohol reading of .190, and she told on- site witnesses that she had simply been trying to get away from Gallson, that he had allegedly beaten her up and had been trying to hit her through the windshield as she made her getaway. Gallson, an underground miner, has since been fitted with pro- sthetic legs. He walked over to the witness stand unaided and seemingly with ease. He pointed out that nothing could be done to change the acci- dent and that Butzow is ‘‘a good mother’ to their nine-month-old daughter. “I’m doing fine, I can even dance,”’ he told Justice Ryan, ad- ding that due to the pressure of the court case, he and Butzow were no longer living together. “It’s been a large burden on her shoulders; please, just don’t send her to jail.”’ Butzow is scheduled to be sentenced on Monday.