i Canada’s Number One Suburban Newspa July 10, 1985 TE TS News 985-2131 Classified 986-6222 A NORTH Vancouver man will be tried in Supreme Court on charges of sexual assault and unlawful confinement. | By TIMOTHY RENSHAW | ‘James Vincent Forbes, 42, faces the charges in connec- tion with an alleged incident involving a 16-year-old self-. ‘confessed prostitute. * ‘RCMP. Cst. William Thordarson told the court he “arrived at an east Kings Street address at approx- imately 3 p.m. on April 20 ‘sto find the complainant ‘shaking, crying, and very upset.’” After questioning her for five minutes, Thordarson said he proceeded across Kings Street to 686 East Kings, where the alleged assault was reported to have taken place. Previous to this, Forbes had been ‘stopped in a red Toyota Celica by RCMP of- ficers at the intersection of Kings Street and Regent Ave. where he was arrested. RCMP Cst. Michael Circulation 986-1337 44 pages 25¢ Elliott testified that he seized a lady’s black purse and jacket, a-pair of lady's high heeled shoes, and a Sony Walkrnan from the Celica. In a subsequent search of 686 East Kings, RCMP Cpl. Ronald MacDougall, said police seized a box of .22 calibre ammunition, a .22 calibre rifle, a lady’s Timex watch, and four articles of lady’s clothing. In testimony June 26, the :L6-vear-old complainant told the court that she had agreed to accompany Forbes to his North Vancouvér home after he had approached her in Bes ae th bentanmneg PH Niet be Sang Giants | invade!" PAGE 33 downtown Vancouver at ap- proximately 12:30 p.m. on April 20. Forbes, she testified, had asked her if she was working, to which she said she replied, ‘‘I don’t work a fot, but are you look- ing for company?”’ The accused, she said, told her that he wanted sexual in- tercourse and oral sex. After further negotiations, the ac- cused and the complainant settled on a price of $100. Upon arriving at 686 East Kings, the complainant testified that she asked Forbes for the money first. The accused, she said, ‘*then NEWS photo Stuar’ Davis EAC. CLOSURE signs i in Deep é Cove are -¢ ignored by two women ‘more e interested in cooling off ia, the heat than.in ; ny, sibout Ben health danger from.a recently teported high. coliform count. Panarama Beach in’ Deep Cove and Ei nal . oth been closed. 7 Ise Rae a ec dat ction punched me three times in the stomach and once in the face with his fist.” The complainant said she then performed oral sex upon the accused twice and was subsequently bound at the wrists with a belt. She told the court that she had not tried to escape im- mediately and had perform- ed the sexual acts because she was afraid of the accus- ed, not because she wanted the money, as defence counsel Neil Fleishman had suggested in cross-examina- tion. She told the court that she had escaped when the accus- ed had momentarily left her alone in the living room of the house to go to the kitch- en. The complainant said she ran across Kings Street and pounded on the door of the nearest house where she was subsequently given shelter and clothing. After hearing Crown’s evidence Thursday, Judge J.D. Layton said he was satisfied that the matter should be put over for trial in Supreme Court. Fleishman told Judge See Evidence Page 2 Fire hazard closes HOT WEATHER has begun to take its toll on North Shore recreation areas. West Vancouver’s Lighthouse park was closed as of 10 p.m. Monday night due to the extreme fire hazard in West Vancouver district. West Vancouver Parks and Recreation Director, Frank Kurucz, says two fires have already occured in the park and the situation in all wooded areas of West Van- couver is extremely volatile. In North Vancouver, the district fire department has put a road block on Indian River road, restricting access to local residents. Trails in all North Vancouver district provincial parks below the Mount Seymour's Van- couver Lookout have also been closed until further notice. A daily Parks Board fire patrol is sweeping through Lynn Canyon park, while a similar patrol of Capilano Canyon is being made by the Greater Vancouver Regional District. Jack Kouwenhoven, parks Resource Officer for the Maple Ridge Forest District, which encompasses North and West Vancouver, says a campfire ban extends throughout the entire forest district and beyond to the Squamish and Pemberton areas. ‘We're sitting on a keg of dynamite,’’ says Kouwenhoven. ‘‘ And we are advising everyone to stay out of the woods.”” Though rain would pro- vide the relief needed, Kouwenhoven says a sudden change in the weather would probably bring lightning and result in a classic hop from the sunny frying pan into the electrical fire: ‘‘We need, in- stead, a gradual cooling, then a lot of rain.” Matching hazardous on- shore conditions is the off- shore threat of mounting fecal coliform counts that have already closed North Vancouver’s Panorama and West Vancouver's Eagle Harbour beaches. Deep Cove bathers were doused with figurative cold See Coliform