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A’ MAN convicted of sexual assault who held a woman
‘captive for several days in a small wooded area of North

Vancouver last year said in a written statement submitted

committed.

The |4-page statement written
April §S by David Alexander
Snow, 38, was submitted by his

“lawyer Sheldon Goldberg as evi-

dence in a dangerous offender
hearing being held for Snow this
weck in North Vancouver provin-
cial court.

Snow was found gu''ty last year

“of sexual assault ¢ using bodily
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to a North Vancouver provincial court that he expects nei-
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By Surj Rattan
News Reporter

to choke another person and con-
finement against will.

He has yet to be sentenced on
tie charges because Crown
counsel Greg Weber is attempting
to have Snow declared a danger-
ous offender, which carries an in-

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In his statement, Snow said on-
ly he can understand the pain his
crimes have caused him.

“{ have great remorse for the
crimes I have committed and the
pain 1 have caused. I must live
with he knowledge of my crimes
and no one else can understand
the pain that this causes me," said
Snow.

He also took exception to sev-
eral statements from cartier testi-
mony made by his older brother
Victor, the police and
psychiatrists, adding that several
of those statements contained
“distortions.”

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‘A medical assessment based
upon facts rather than crowd
pleasing might be more construc-
tive,'’ said Snow.

He described evidence given by
Victor Snow as ‘‘gross distor-
tions.”’

Snow also dismissed remarks
made by his brother that he did
not care about his. personal
hygiene.

“} was not unkempt nor did I
smell as my brother described it. t
have lived and worked in
Orangeville (Ontario) all my life. 1
am not a mysterious character
who suddenly appeared there.

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human being until a short time
ago,’’ said Snow.

Snow, who is also facing two
murder charges in Ontario, said
the police will hold back any in-
formation that might portray him
in a positive light.

He described his dangerous of-
fender hearing as being a choice
between two things: ‘“‘the first
really bad and the second really,
really bad.

‘Whatever the outcome. of
these proceedings, my future is
one of the few things | am already
at peace with,’’ said Snow,

His dangerous offender hearing
is expected to end today.

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