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Hogan, claims the pair kidnapped.

 Naazish in.a botched attempt to
extort money from Khan,

. “Money, the Supreme Court jury 7

“has heard, was the central theme in

* Khan's affairs, especially in’ the fall:
of 1993, during the time leading up to

», Naazish’s murder.

Nickel claims Khan promised to

pay him half the insurance proceeds
‘after. setting) Khan's - Maharajah

* -restaurant- ablaze. . But. Nickel has’!

claimed he refused to light the fire.
“Arson is not my game .’.
do that kind of stuff,” Nickel told the
,: police in a statement.
~~: But he told the court that he did
“offer his friend a few tips. .
-“T said lots of gas and a match will
do’ a good jub~” Nickel testified.

Khan and his wife, he said, drove ws
down to. Gastown with: several gas :

“cans to set the fire... * ;
He said he almost Bot caught in it

“when he went upstairs,” Nickel told.

“the court. .
He. claimed | he refused Khan's
urgings to conspire ina ‘cover-up by

blaming someone else for the blazes
. Khan's
“scheme.

. s Nickel testified: earlier that’ he
agreed ‘to.meet Khan at a Wendy's

“restaurant in Bumaby the day-after.« «:
“Nickel had:made no mention of the. ;
alleged . arson and“ counterfeiting,
-: plans in two earlier police i interviews.
Hogan ‘reminded , Nickel” that,

.Naazish went missing: -:
> En route to the diner, Nickel heard
_a radio report that the young mother’

_ body.had been found in the trunk of a |
"°car in Coquitlam: Nickel claimed that .
‘for

Khan’ blamed’ his. son, , Faisal,
killing 3 ‘his wife, Naazish.

“There was’ more to it than what z

he was telling | me,’ " the witness testi-

were looking for Khan.

wanted me to take him across
1 said’ no," Nickel told the.

ts Nickel: claims. he persuaded his:

friend to turn himself i in, by phoning
the RCMP. from a: pay phone. ata
Petro-Canada station in south Surrey.

A: few weeks later, Nickel found

himself blamed by Khan for the mur- _

der. Confronted by the “allegation,

Nickel: decided to’ tell the West:

Vancouver Police the full Story” of

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ve “After downing a hamburger, :
““Nickel drove Khan closer and closer
eto the’ Canada-U.S¥ border. Another, ,;
"radio bulletin reported that the police

NAAZISH KHAN murdered.

66) Nickel heard a

radio report that the «
young mother’s body’
had been found in the
the. trunk of a car in’

£ Coquitlam. i

tlege - “money-making

But Hogan told the jury that

Rashida Khan, Abdur’s ‘wife, claimed

she knew who the two killers were,

after she was arrested at the border.
“You wait’ and’sce,‘ I'll probably

‘be implicated ‘on this one, Nickel

recalled telling a friend.
“You “say he - committed. arson,

committed conspiracy, said buy a gun:
for me ‘and sell'counterfeit money for ~

me,’ Hogan told Nickel. °
“The defence: lawyer asked .why

“Nickel, a ‘self-professed God-fearing

Christian, continued to associate with

* Khan.* i

“I liked him as a
said.

times and flashed a confident wave at

a News reporter.

He loosely clutched'a copy of the

‘Koran and a string of worry beads.

:, The trial continues.’

- Sailboat skipper _[

person,’ * Nickel :

“AS his lawyer ‘grilled his former
friend, Khan’ turned: around several a

NEWS photo Terry Peters:

A 1992 Red Mazda pickup truck stolen on “July 3. from the: 1100-block of Heywood Street was:
found in the water near Allied Shipyards In North Van yesterday morning. RCMP divers exam-
ined the vehicle and found nobody | inside before @ tow truck removed it from the embankment.

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The yacht, worth almost $300,000, sank rapidly, :
« Lord made a mayday call and was rescued by the crew of the’) homson.
/Accordiag to Lord, while he was on board, the Thamson’s crew denied a
‘crash took “place.

‘The report’ said the collision occurred because ‘Lord’ didn't plot the

Moonglow's position frequently, so it’ “strayed into the outward bound traf-
fic lane of oncoming traffic.” >. 2. : a

“The report also concluded: an
Pl the Moonglow wasn't participating ina trafftc: Teporting system moni-
tored out of Seattle (although it wasn’t mandatory for a vessel of i its size);

’ Bit was not detected by the Thomson's radar; ;

* @ Lord may jot have heard a radar echo, because he \ was engaged i in other
tasks, such as reefing the sails of his vessel. Y
_ “Pye single- handed thousands of miles on the boat. As far as duties at
the time, I'm never out'of the cockpit. maybe a couple | minutes maxinwuny
to reef the sails if weather comes up, but.[’'m ‘always on top of radar and :

navigation of the boat," Lord said. ©: “

Lord's lawyer Peter Bernard of Campney & Murphy replied to the report

. with a lengthy rebuttal list. Likewise the Chilean Navy has filed a response.
The accident put a kibosh on Lord's business of operating yachting char-.
ters to Clayoquot Sound on Vancouver Island and has left him disillusioned «

-. with the TSB. Lord said he isan experienced sailor of large ships. :
“Since the crash, he has helmed ships in ‘Europe, and both west coast and *
east coast Waters. But he wants to return.to running his,own business. :

Capt. John Mien of the TSB's Marine Division said Lordi is “jumping the

gun” with his comments since the final draft of the report won' “tbe out ‘fot
. another month. _
“[can’t really comment until it’ $s public and the. board has ‘OK’ d ite 7

. Mien said. 2 . :

Sportsplex for the game.” the athletic director said,
though he added that scheduling could be a prob-

_ they told me they were still interested ir in using the

oT. HE BIG men have left the building.

By Andrew McCredie te
’ Sports Editor

‘The: National “Basketball Association's “labor
:lockouthas ‘put: a.,muzzle.on the Vancouver

: Grizzlies’: rookie: free agent intra-squad - game
: scheduled ; tobe’ -played -at® Capilano, College’s
; Sportsplex n Tuesday night. It would have been

the. first-ever modem era NBA intra-squad game :

ike .its hockey and baseball ‘brethren ‘of

e world’s premier ‘professional basketball
league is mired in labor-management strife.
“Sts reall tos. bad for. the community d bas-.

; ketball fans,” said Capilano College athletic direc-

tor ‘Joe lacobellis, whose. first-rate facility has

played host to the Grizzlies for the past month dlus-
_.ing individual player tryouts... 7. -
5 It’s also too bad for the schools’ basketball pro-

grams, which stood to gain about $10,000 from the
revenue generated by the intra-squad game.
In addition to the game, a four-day rookie camp

scheduled for’ the college’s Sportsplex gym ‘has
"also been ‘cancelled. The camp was to be an inie-

gral’ step in. the: Grizzlies’, roster-building for. the

_ team's inaugural NBA season.

. And although lacobellis was disappointed at .
the cuiics

~- Thursday morning that: the: game could still be
“played. 1, :

| spoke with the Grizzlies this morning. and 2

ellations, he was holding out hope

t

lem once the school year begins i in September, “If
something breaks soon we'll do. our best to accom-
modate them.”

Grizzlies’. director of media relations Steve

Frost’ said that the Sportsplex would remain the °

team’s first choice and that * “right now, the game is
only postponed.”

Of the 1,700 available tickets for the game,
Capilano College was given 500 to sell. According 7
:.to lacobellis, 350 had been sold through the cole.

lege prior to the game’s cancellation.
Ticket-holders who purchased tickets: from the
college may Claim full-price refunds by visiting the

Sportsplex between 9:30.a.m. to.3:30 p.m: from.
July 10 to.14. Those.who bought tickets ‘directly ~ }
.. scheduling :could be a*pro

. from the Grizzlies must seek refunds through the

: team’ s Vancouver offi ice.

7A JULY 5 ‘Fobbery. at the,
Bank’ of * Montreal.
Main ° Street: “in "North
; Vancouver ‘ended when:
_ the suspect was found in
his .room:.at ‘the nearby
_ Lynnwood Hotel.

By B Bob Mackin «
Conéributing Writer.

" Shortly before 2 p.m, 8
man ‘entered..the bank and
demanded money from vay
teller. He fled on foot with a’
small. amount...” of: money.::
Police surrounded ‘the area and
patrolled the-hotel. They were ?
“led to :his ‘room ‘where’ he:
.answered his.doorA “bag of «
‘‘money..was seized. from the,
“suspect. A 32-year old'inan, 2

“recent arrival fro: io, i
facing. net ch

- CAPILANO COLLEGE ‘Athletic:

Director.:: Joe: ': lacobellis

‘lem once school year begins