J SHIN Gillis ‘gaid_a BC Transit driver's attitude needs a serious adjustment.
The North Vancouver man has taken his beef all the way to Victoria.

By Anna Marie D’Angelo

News Reporter
dangelo@nsnews.com

A 16-year-old youth
was sentenced for bur-
glary on Wednesday as
his mother and 16-
year-old pregnant girl-
friend watched on in a
North Vancouver court-
room.

The Young Offenders Act
stipulates that the North
Vancouver teen cannot be

a identified.

a North Vancouver provin-
cial court Judge Bill Rodgers
sentenced the teen to 12
months” probation for the
crime. He was required to per-
form 50 hours of community
work service.

“You had better change
your life quickly or you are
going to find yourself off to
jail,” said Rodgers.

The judge noted that one
of the teen's co-accused in the
case was already in jail. The
co-accused was also under age
18 ac the time of the offence
and therefore cannot be
named.

, NEWS photo Brad Ledwidge

Into actic was intent on
not letting the incident go.
_- He started making phone
calls: First, he phoned BC
Transit, but the response was
léss' than satisfactory. Gillis
“kept dialing. ;
., Next up, was the motor
vehicle branch in Victoria.
“he met with a better
/résponse when the woman
- he-was speaking to asked for
all. the. information pertain-
ig to his incident. She said
he ‘was ‘collecting informa-
on. BC Transit and par-
ly whether their dri-
uffering from stress.

. deputy
: Trumpy.

did manage to reach her
minister, Chris

y:

Trumpy allegedly told
Gillis, the driver would be
subjected to “public rela-
tions retraining” by BC
Transit. That was a little
more pleasing.

Trumpy did not respond
to News calls last week, bur
an unnamed spokesman at
the ministry said Trumpy lis-
tened to Gillis’s complaints,
but made no promises.

Nevertheless Gillis was
subsequently contacted by a
spokesman from BC Transit
who called to apologize for
any inconvenience the inci-
dent had caused him.

Last Thursday, he was
contacted by another BC
Transit official. This time the

return for his troubles and
also a rundown of the events
as he recalled them.

“¥ feel I should have an
apology — a letter from the
driver with an apology,”
Gillis told her.

While Marsha!) was only
collecting information on
behalf of her boss, manager
of customer relations Dennis
Clements, she said nothing
has been done yct.

Marshall said the driver
will likely be talked to and if
the situation warrants it, he
may be asked to attend BC
Transit’s driver refresher
training program.

“Dont let your mood get

.to the passengers ~~ they’re

paying your salaries,” said
Marshall of the one-week
program’s message.

lawyer Victoria
Hanna said that North
Vancouver RCMP burglary
squad members were watching
the co-accused on July 21 at
his home in the 200-block of
East 6th Street.

The co-accused was known
to police as an active burglary
suspect.

Shortly before 10 a.m.,
police watched three teenagers
icave the house and walk to a
house in the 400-block of East
5th Street.

There, two of the teens
went into the house through a
winduw. The watched bur-
glary suspect waited outside. A

ew minutes later the two
teens came out of the house.

The trio were arrested.

Police recovered money

Crown

Sunday, August 9, 1998 - North Shore News — 5

Teen given probation
sentence for burglary

from the nwo teenagers that
had been taken tram the
house. Inside the house, police
found drawers and cupboards
open and items placed in an
open space, according to
Crown information.

Defence lawyer = Dan
Sudeyko described his client as
a follower.

“He admits to getting into
trouble when he hangs around
with the wrong crowd,” said
Sudeyko.

Sudeyko said the youth's
parents were “split.” The
defence lawyer said the teen
has three brothers. The teen’s
46-year-old girlfriend was
pregnant and due to deliver
soon, said Sudeyko.

Judge Rodgers asked to
speak to the teen’s mother.

The woman said her son
had spent time with undesir-
able triends early in the year.

“This was a real shock to
me that he was doing this. I
thought he was home tn bed,”
she said.

Said Rodgers, “What do
you think I should do? He
broke into somebody’s
house.”

The mother replied, * I
think it’s disgusting. I'd haie it

if someone broke into my

house.”

Judge Rodgers told the
Grade 11 Windsor dropout —
that he should go to school at -.
Centre in

the Lucas
September with a view to
eventually rerurning to regular
school.

The youth dressed in a red
oversized T-shirt and baggie
dark pants said nothing during
the court proceedings.

The teenager did not have
a criminal record. The judge
was not told that the teen had

another criminal charge pend-
ing in court. He is charged
with possessing housebreaking
instruments in an unrelated
incident, according to police.

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