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September 4, 1988 News 985-2131 Classified 986-6222

JONATHON BELL, 5, sets his sights on the goal as he Jets one fy (photo above) during a recent summer
soccer school class sponsored by the North Vancouver Recreation Commission. Right, Scott Hale and

Spencer Mitchell attack the ball.

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| YOUTH CHARGED WITH

FAILING TO STOP

DECISION WAS held over to Sept. 8 in North Vancouver
provincial court Friday on the sentencing of a North Van-
couver teen involved in the May 25 hit and run death of
26-year-old Andrea Joy Rogers.

A 17-year-old young offender is
charged with failing to stop at the
scene of an accident and public
mischief,

Rogers was struck from behind
by a car at approximately 11:55
p.m. while walking west on the
north side of the 1300-block Doran
Road. She had been on her way
home from a job working with the
mentally handicapped at Lynn
Valley House. She was thrown into
the air and over the bumper of the
vehicle upon impact.

The driver allegedly panicked
and left the scene.

Rogers was discovered minutes
later by another motorist. The
driver attempted to offer the vic-
tim assistance and called North
Vancouver RCMP from a nearby
residence. Bul Rogers had suffered
massive head injuries and died at
Lions Gate Hospital 442 hovrs
after the accident.

Police arrived on the scene,
searched the area for the hit and
run vehicle, and questioned resi-
dents living nearby. Investigators
turned up two residents who said
they had heard a car accelerate and
then had heard a thud. The sesi-
dents had thought the car had hit a
garbage can.

Police recovered the accused's
car, believed to have been the
vehicle which struck Rogers, the
following day. The youth's father
had reported the car stolen when
his son had told him the car was
stolen in the 3200-block of St. An-
drews while delivering newspapers.
But police found the car locked
and parked in the 100-block of
East Kensington.

The teen, his mother, father and
the family’s lawyer met with police
that evening and the youth gave a
statement admitting he had been
the driver of the death car.

Crown counsel Kerr Clark
argued in court Friday that the
case be considered a ‘‘very serious
case.’? Clark asked presiding Judge
J.B. Paradis to consider imposing
a period of custody, as provided
for under Section 24.1 of the
Young Offenders Act, in his
sentencing decision.

Said Clark: ‘*Questions of
deterrence cannot be overlooked in

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