Oniookers flock ta Gillian Guess case packs courtroom Rabert Galster News Reporter roberz@nsnews.ceri GILLIAN Guess has transformed legal joust- ing into a spectator sport in British Columbia. As the dissection of a jury's dynamics in the process of reaching a verdict’ continued last week, the Guess trial remained a popular draw. The courtroom’s public gallery was again packed. While a portion are mem- bers of various news. gathering agencies feeding the Guess- hype rurbine, most are simply curious. Markus Andresen is a Norwegian lawyer visiting some friends in the Lower Mainland who read about the trial in a newspaper, Curiosity got the better of him and he found himself at the court- house to check our the action in person. “I think they (lawyers) use too much time. The process is much too long.” observed Andresen during a tunch break. “In Norway we'd have made this case ina week. Most of the questions are in my opinion quite irrelevant. In Norway the judge would have intervened.” West) Vaneourer’s John Veleh is an avid court watcher, bat said the Guess case is one of particular interest. “As an addled incentive to attend this case it’s the first ume to see history where a for- mer jury is to be witnesses,” said Welch. “E always find court cases interesting — (particuiar- Iv) the exchanges berveen lawyers which can make it dou- bly interesting.” The courthouse environ- nent also appears to have led many of the spectators to ercet a veil of seerecy. More than half those approached refused to give their names though thev did not hold back their thoughts and opinions on the proceedings. “My curiosity got the better of me,” said one woman, who identified herself only as a for- mer West Vancouver house- wife. “One is also introduced to court procedure knowing so little about Canadian courts. | mean whe hasn’t seen the inta- ” mous OJ? The reality struck her as being much ditterent from the well-publicized trial of the for- mer athlete and movie actor Jater acquitted of murdering his former wite Nicole, “It's like watching grass grow.” she surmised, bur nev- ertheless staved on for the afterneon session, Two elderly women from Baston alsa took time away trom their tour of B.C. and Washington state to attend the tral after reading about it at home. Thev likewise chose not to give their names and agreed the pace of the mal is some- what disappointing. “We've seen too many tele- vision court cases and they move a lot faster,” said one of the women. “She's (Guess) very attrac- tive,” added her companion, “I guess | expected her to be attractive.” Guess was a juror in the 1995 trial of Parjecr (Peter) Gill and five other men who were accused of murdering Ron and Jim Dosanjh. All six were acquitted, but Guess has since been charged with obstruction of justice because she allegedly became intimately involved with Gill during the trial. Thursday's developments included two more members of the Dosanjh tnal jury testi Guiess fived up te her bill aad pensively watched her for: mer co-jurors testify dressed in 3 high-cut dress and open-tacd shoes. Fires oun owas William Maranda who served as the jury foreman in the Dosanjh trial. He said the seven-month tial featured a staggering amount of informauon = that various jurors interpreted dif- ferently., “There was no shortage of opinion in the jury room,” said Maranda. He added he took benveen 25 and 30 votes of where the jurors stood. The first of these resulted in one not guilty vote, four guilty votes and” seven undecided. The sole not guilty vote was cast by Guess. Later Joe Bugar, another juror in the trial, told the court Guess “chilled” other jurors when she told them their votes may become public. Bugar said he intended to ask a shentf whether Guess’ statement was true, bur later forgot. He added Guess suggested some of the other jurors were racist because they voted to convict the six accused. The trial is scheduled to continue on Monday. Appeal filed; pair released on bail From pagel innocent and that innocence was taken away by Fred, Frank and Perry Evanshen,” she said. The brothers — Frederick, Franklin and Perry Evanshen — were accused of sexually assault- ing the girl when she was beoween I and 15 years old. Franklin's assault of the giri started as breast groping and - later fellatio as he forced her to _ engage in oral sex after she -- babysat his kids on a weekly basis for a year. Frank was also accused of obstructing justice for his efforts to dissuade the victim from tes- tifving in connection witii another sexual assault charge in 1990. Meanwhile = Perry was accused of senually assaulting the victim in 1990 when she was 14 years old. He had non-con- sensual intercourse sith the girl in her bedroom at 5 a.m.; she was asked to perform repeated acts of fellatio later that day. While Frederick, 57, pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting the young girl and was fined $1,000 on Feb. 6 in a separate hearing, Perry, 38, and Franklin, 49, pleaded not guilty. Both were found guiley of sexual assault in March, and sat stoically as their former victim read her statement. Franklin is a West Vancouver stockbroker who has been mar- CANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION L'ASSOCIATION CANADIENNE PGUR LA SANTE MENTALE ...Former Staff, Volunteers, Board Members... . You are invited to attend our “40th Anniversary Celebration” On Thursday, June i8 - Annual General Meeting — Mental Heaith Players — Barbecue Dinner ~ Music 4pm Spm Lucas Centre, 2132 Hamilton Please RSVP by June 5 North Vancouver | To 987-6959 tied for 18 years and has four kids aged 7, 10, 12 and 14. His co-accused Perry lives in Claresholin, Alberta, near Calgary. He is likewise married and has two teenage sons. Prowse wasted litde time in passing her sentence, but later went over her reasons in painstaking detail. She sentenced Franklin to four vears in prison and Perry to three. Franklin was also sen- tenced to six months in jail in connection with his obstruction of justice charge, but the time will be served concurrendy ro the sexual assault sentence. At the conclusion of the hearing, the victim appeared FACTORY FUTON Entrance in rear lane Moa,- Sat. Ii-bpm Sunday 12-5 pm relieved with the verdict. “Pm happy. I thought it was She (Prowse) did what she knew was right,” she said. The two brothers, who filed appeals to their convictions on May 4, were later released on bail pending those appeals. Photo submited A surveillance camera in Lugaro Jewellers at Capilano Mall shows a man who robbed the store Thursday. Brazen thief lifts four costly rings HE didn’t fidget. He his carly 20s, with stocky build, didn’t even break a sweat. 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