Office, Editorial 985-2131

Trio face charges in 1991
death of Filipino sailor

THE NORTH Vancouver RCMP have arrested and charg-
ed tikree men in connection with the murder of a Filipino
sailor in Nerth Vancouver last year.

Charged with second-degree
murder and robbery in connection
with the sailor's death are Ryan
Allan Jacob, 25, of 215 Rivers
Dr.. North Vancouver, and
George Stephen Jacobs, 25, of
128-200 Westhill PI... Port
Moudy.

Todd Christopher Moody, 21,
of 185 Jacobs Cres., North Van-
couver, has been charged with
robbery in connection with the in-
cident.

The three suspects were held in
custody in North Vancouver over
the Thavik-giving weekend.

They appeared in North Van-
couver provincial cours on Tues-
day.

Jacob and Jacobs were cemand-
ed in custody.

The two will next appear in
North Vancouver provincial court
on Oct. 21 to set a date for a pre-
liminary hearing.

Crown counsel Mike Luchenko
said that the pair can apply before
Oct. 28 to the B.C. Supreme
Court for a bail hearing but
would first have to give the
Crown two days’ notice.

Moody was released on $10,000
bail. The conditions for his release
prohibit him from visiting the
Coach House Inn and from hav-
ing any contact with any of the
witnesses in the case.

By Surj Rattan
News Reporter

No trial date was set for any of
the accused.

The charges against the three
stem from an Oct. 24, 1991, inci-
dent.

On that day, according to the
police, Jovito Beguna, 36, a Fili-
pino sailor on shore leave, and
shipmate Danilo Crisostomo, 35,
were at the Coach House [Inn in
North Vancouver, where they
were befriended by three males
who were drinking.

The men offered the two sailors
a ride back to their ship.

But the pair were instead driven
to a wooded area near 26th Street
and Lloyd Avenue in North Van-
couver where Crisostomo was
beaten and robbed and Beguna
was beaten to death with a hockey
stick,

Crisostomo managed to survive
the attack.

Beguna’s body was found in the
1100-block of West 26th Street,

The local RCMP identified
three prime suspects shortly after
the murder and arrested three
North Vancouver men on Nov. 4,
1991, in connection with the
murder investigation,

The three were questioned, but
tater released.

Stars shoot to nat’l
victory in jr. soccer

FOLLOWING A vic-
torious Thanksgiving
weekend, the North
Shore Shooting Stars
became the first junior
girls’ soccer team made
up exclusively of North
and West Vancouver
players to win a national
championship.

The North Shore Shooting
Stars under-!4 girls’ team
defeated Alberta 4-1 Monday
morning in the final of the
Petro-Canada National Cham-
pionships in Calgary to win the
iim Surine sc
ame-winning goal
North Shore squad.
Other Stars

ored the
for the

goals were

scorced by Pam Bell-Lowther,
Lindsay Irwin and Tiauna
Freeman,

In cartier action, the
Shooting Stars defeated
Manitoba 1-0, and played to a
scoreless draw with the Ontario
side. Kelly Donaldson scored
the only goal in the match
against Manitoba.

The Shooting Stars, managed
by John Miller, have played.
together since May 199! in the
Lower Mainland’s metro girls’
league.

To qualify for the uational
youth club championships, the
Shooting Stars won the Coastal
Cup in April, defeating the
PoCo Lightning.

The team then defeated
Kamloops in July at the Interi-
or Challenge to win the pro-
vincial under-14 girls’ title.

‘REACHING EVERY D

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Turkey tourney

TWO PLAYERS from the West Vancouver Blue Devils (left) and the Seattle
Ruffians battle for the ball during their Ambleside Park match in the sixth
annual Thanksgiving tournament organized by the North Shore Girls’ Soccer
Association. The Rutfians won the under-13 division, defeating the Guildford
Blue Angels in the final. There were 89 teams from 8B.C., Alberta and
Washington state registered in the tournament’s 12 age divisions, ranging
from under-12 to under-19.

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RTH SHORE SINCE 1969