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August 16, 1995

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TWO NORTH Vancouver men. char-
ged with a grisly triple murder in

Bellevue, Washington, were denied bail’

on Monday in B.C. Supreme Court in
Vancouver.

By Anna Marie D ‘Angelo

News Reporter

Af Rafay, 19) and his friend, Sebastian
Burns, 20, will remain in jail pending an extradi-
tion -hearing. according to a ruling by B.C.

Supreme Court Madam Justice Mary Newbury...

Rafay’s parents, Tariq and Sultana, both 56,
and their daughter, Basa, 21, were killed in July
1994," ;

Adf Rafay and. Burns, school chums who
graduated from West Vancouver secondary
school in 1993, were charged on July 31 swith
three counts of premeditated aggravated murder
in the. Superior Court of Washington for King
County.

If extradited to the United States, Atif Rafay

“ind Burns could face life in prison or the death

penalty.
A_ public sation ban prohibits the News from
reporting details of Monday's bail hearing.

But same Shaw Cable customers on the North

Shore, tuned into Seattle’s KIRO TY on Monday
‘and received court banned information in-a news

Thursday: Cloudy, sunny periods
High 20°C, low 13°C.

NEWS ‘photo Brod Ledwidge

THE ELITE division race of the Inline Event held Saturday at Seymour Demonstration Forest attracted about 100 partici:
pants. Seattle skater Jason Viegoft won. North Shore resident Dave Norona placed Second.

Banned information seen on TV

report outlining details of the. case.

The details were revealed by lawyers at‘the |

bail hearing and broadcasted in Washington State.

KIRO News acting managing editor Essex
Porter’ said it was his understanding thatthe
broudcast was bloeked in Canada.

But said Porter, “it is our intention to contin-
ue reporting this as we would report a case in this
country.

“Its. not a Canadian case, it’s a Bellevue
Washington King County case.”

Vancouver media lawyer David F. Sutherland

” said the usual purpose of a bail hearing publica-

tion ban is to avoid jury contamination (pre-trial
prejudice) i in order that an accused has a-fair trial
in Canada,
“| think there is no adequate proof that any of
these bans serve their purposes,” said Suthertand,
He said public scrutiny of court proceedings is
very important to the Canadian system.

“There is very limited public awareness us tO,

what goes on in bail hearings because the bans
have almost become automatic,” said Sutherland.

He said where, there is fitthe or no public
scrutiny of a court proceeding, the patice ar
Crown lawyers may. by able to act irresponsibly.

In: the “Atif Rafay and Burns - case, Uheir
lawyer, Pat Beime, asked for the publication

‘ban which was granted hy a judge iman earlier

court proceeding.

Bellevue Police and Washington court infor: » :

mation indicates that the accused men confessed
to killing the family and the confessions were
secretly taped by the Vancouver RCMP.

Burns beat all three Rafay family members
with a bat us Auf Rafay watched, according to the
allegations.

_ Atif Rafay reportedly stated that he felt “rotten”

about the murder of his family, but it was “neces

sary” for what he wanted to achieve in life. Police
say the motive of the crime was money. Auf Rafay
would have inherited $350,000 from life insurance
policies and the sale of the family’s home.

The accused killers returned to Canada within
days of the murders. They lived i ina rented house
at 2021 Philip Ave.

The Vancouver RCMP launched a conspiracy.
to commit murder investigation of the Rafay fam-
ily separate from the Bellevue Police investigation.

Local police investigated whether the murders
were planned in Canada.

The North Vancouver RCMP charged Bums.

and Atif Rafay and another school friend, Jimmy
Miyoshi, 20. with mischiet in April following
complaints from neighbors.

Meanwhile a Vancouver media outlet j is imak-
ing an application to lift the publication ben on
“Thursday morning in B. C. Supreme, Court,