Sex trial
resumes

A North Vancouver
man will be reappear-
ing in North
Vancouver provincial
court to face a variety
of sex related charges.
Amir Tayebi, 33, will
see his tial continue
later this summer.
According to North
Vancouver RCMP
spokesman Const. Tom
Seaman, the alleged
‘offences occurred
berween December
1996 and August 1997.
The mate victims are all
under the age of 14.
—— Robert Galster

Brothers sutfer vicious beat

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and uttering threats. They stem from sn incident on
Saturday, Feb. 7, when the five allegedly embarked
on a bloody rampage near Ross Road elementary
school.

‘The group’s victims, two brothers aged 21 and
22, were walking in the area on their way home from
a play at around midnight. The group allegedly
attacked the pvo men, who tried to beat them off.

The brothers were almost home when one of
their assailants picked up a stick and repeatedly hit
the younger of the wo across the face. In total, the
three blows left the young man with a lip split to the
teeth and up to the nostril, a broken nose and a gash
between his eves.

The commotion of the event drew the atrention
of a nearby neighbor and his sons who came to the
beaten man’s assistance. The trio dragged the voung
man to the safety of their own home, but the aggres-
sors had not vet had enough.

The group of teens stood in front of the safe

house and screamed for blood as they damaged both
the house and a vehicle parked in the driveway. In all
they caused $3,500 damage in addition to scaring
the occupants under siege.

The vouths had Jett by the time the RCMP
arrived some cight minutes Jater, but were appre:
hended a short time later after a police dog wacked
them te the nearby elementary school.

The vouths’ names are banned from publication
as stipulated in the Young Offenders Act, a law that
is being both challenged and reworked.

Last Tuesday, federal Justice Minister Anne
MeLellan released what the government is calling
Youth Justice Renewal Strategy. The document is
expected to lead to legislation replacing the Young
Offenders Act and is likely to be introduced in the
fall.

MeLellan’s proposals aim to clamp down on the
worst offenders. They include expanding the list of
offences for which a young offender is liable for adult
sentences and call for the publication of the names of
14- and 15-year-old offenders convicted of crimes
such as murder, attempted murder and aggravated

Friday, May 15, 1998 — North Shore News — 15.
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sexual assault.

Meanwhile North Vancouver MP Ted White has
been leading his own crusade against the wivializa-
tion of youth erime. He is considering using the case
of the rampaging North Vancouver vouths as an
example.

“One of the things I had investigated was a way
of making the names of voung offenders public after
they had been convicted,” said White from his
Ottawa office on Wednesday.

He said he has received legal advice stating that as
Jong as he does so within the context of the business
of the house, he is legally able to name young
offenders within the House of Commons. Any MP
who dogs so would be protected by member privi-
lege as would any resultant reports of the discussion
by the media.

However, White said it is a parliamentary con-
vention to avoid discussing matters still before the
courts. As a result, not only would he wait for the
current trial’s conclusion, but also its window of
appeal — a period that could stretch to a number of
years.

Police issue
warrant apology

MAHNAZ — Foomanis’
photo appeared in the
May 8 North Shore
News as a result of a war-
rant being issued for her
by the North Vancouver
provincial court.
However the warrant was
issued due to a clerical
error made by members
of the North Vancouver
RCMP. Foomanis had in
face appeared in court on
April 7 as directed by
police. The North
Vancouver RCMP wish
to apologize to her and
her family for the embar-
rassment this mistake
may have caused her and
her family.

MAHNAZ Foomanis ...
appeared in court April 7.

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