Mariner testifies
in Kwok suit
A MASTER mariner and marine surveyor told a B.C. Supreme
Court civil trial Wednesday that B.C. fervies appear to prefer using
warning whistles to get small boats to move out of their way, rather
: than lose travel time by changing course or speed.
i Capt. | Ian Hopkinson, who has worked as a B.C. Ferries watch
offi icer, was testifying in the suit launched by George:Kwok against
_ the B.C, Ferry Corp. and two officers of its Queen of Cowichan
vessel in connection with the. Aug. 12, 1985 ferry-pleasure craft
collision that resulted in the deaths of Kwok’s wife and two of his
three sons. ~
Under questioning by Kwok’s lawyer John Laxton, Hopkinson
said‘ he believed ferries preferred to stick to specific direct routes
because any diversion from those routes would delay arrival times.
In - the. ‘suit, Laxton contends ‘that’ Kwok’s 10-metre boat,
Kimberly,. which was travelling north at approximately nine knots
in waters just off Whytecliff.Point, was overtaken by the faster
Horseshoe. Bay-bouad Queen of Cowichan when the collision oc-
‘curred, Laxton. contends that the responsibility for the collision,
according to navigation rules, lies with the overtaking vessel. -
Hopkinson also’ testified that the operator of the Kimberly,
which was being steered by Kwok from Its closed cabin, might not
have seen the approaching ferry.
In earlier testimony, -Capt. John Horne criticized the Queen of
Cowichan for not using its radar and failing to take evasive action.

‘Woman stabbed
by prowler

A NORTH Vancouver woman received a minor stab wound after
confronting a-prowler on the front’ porch of her house with a knife
early Thursday morning.

The woman armed herself with a kitchen: knife after hearing.

suspicious noises outside her house at approximately 1:a.m. She
jc saw. am

__. The prowler. grabbed her arm and pulled it down causing her to
stab herself.

The’ man escaped despite a search of the area by police and the
‘“woman’s husband. The woman was taken to Lions Gate Hospital
_- Where she was treated for a minor stab wound and released.

“The police have no leads on the prowler’s identity.

‘ North:Vancouver RCMP reminds citizens ‘that a weapon used in
self-defence can easily become a weapon used against them.

Police nave residents to call them first to investigate suspicious

7 $3, 500 fine
handed: down

A 34-YEAR-OLD Langley man was -fined $3,500 Wednesday in
North Vancouver provincial court after he was found guilty of
possessing chinook salmon caught under the authority of an Indian
food fish licence.

Brian Molloy was originally charged with one count of posses-
sion of fish caught with a net and possession of fish caught under
the authority of an Indian food fish licence in connection with a
Dec. 24, 1986 Fishezies and Oceans seizure of 50 chinook salmon
weighing close to 1,000 pounds.

The fish were estimated to have been worth about $1,500, and
were caught in the’ Somass River near Port Alberni by a member of
the Sheshaht band.

The first charge laid against Molloy was dismissed.

Woman charged
with assault

_A 41-YEAR-OLD North Vancouver woman was ordered to stand
trial in Vancouver county court Monday on a charge of aggravated
assault.

Aun Noreen Lehman was originally charged in connection with a
Jan. 22 incident at a West Second Street address in which a 28-
year-old man was stabbed in the chest. He was later released from
Lions Gate Hospital.

Appearing before North Vancouver provincial court Judge B.P.
Byrne, Lehman elected to be tried on the charge by: a judge without
a jury in Vancouver county court,

outside: screamed, for him to. leave and raised the knife :

FIGHTIN

5 - Sunday, June 14, 1987 - North Shore News

G FRAUD, SHOPLIFTING

W. Van seminar to target
retail crime prevention

CRIME AGAINST retail
business is big business in
North Vancouver,

By MICHAEL BECKER
News Reporter

North Vancouver “RCMP want
to change that and to help local
retailers develop effective security
measures, the local police are
holding a business crime preven-
tion seminar June 24, 7 to 10 p.m.,
in the Tamarack Room, Delbrook
Community Centre, 600 West
Queens in North Vancouver.

“Crime against retail business is
increasing,”’ said North Vancouver
RCMP Cst. Cliff Doherty. ‘‘In
1986 we had 363 fraudulent of-
fences and 234 complaints of shop-
lifting reported to the North Van-
couver RCMP.”

Fraudulent offences include the
use of stolen credit cards, NSF
cheques and passing counterfeit
money.

North Vancouver businesses
reported 37 credit card offences
and eight cases of counterfeit
money last year.

Business break and enters totall-
ed 241 for 1986. Of the 22 local
robberies last year, 11 were armed
robberies (four gun incidents and
seven knife incidents).

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