13 ~ Sunday, May 9, 1999 — North Shore News ot Anna Marie D'Angelo News Reporter Aangclo@nsnews.com ROY Addison Ziegler hadn’t planned to go to jail on Wednesday. His lawyer Dan Sudevko thought: a conditional sen- tertce Was appropriate, Crown lawyer Andrew Baldwin didn’t oppose a conditional sen- tence, Ziegler pleaded guilty to possessing a stolen credit card. Bue North — Vancouver provineial, court Judge Ellen Burdett saw it differently. She ignored the lawyers’ suggestions and jailed Ziegler for four months. “You just finished a condi- tional sentence and you are now on probation.” said Burdett, “That (a conditional sen- tence) has obviously not deterred you, from commmit- ting offences. Responded Ziegler, who had nothing to say to the judge before sentencing, “1 just feel that is very long, vour honour.” Burdett did not reply. The 42-vearold) welfare recipient: with greving black hair anda bushy handlebar moustache was escorted to the prisoner's door by a sheriff. Ziegler was charged with crime after he used a stolen CIBC Visa card for identification. He tried to apply for an ATM conve- nience card at the Park Royal CIBC branch on March 4. The Visa card was stolen from a wallet in a docked lock- er at Fitness World in North Vancouver, according to) che Crown’s information. The card owner, Robert Glazing gota call from: the bank a couple of days after the gym theft. A bank employee gueried Glazin about recent cash withdrawals on his Visa ecard. Glazin badn*: made any cash withdrawals. He checked his wallet and found his Visa card missing. He then can- celled the card. the Zicgler’s lawyer said that his client was not involved in the card’s theft or money withdrawals. so. (the Visa card) was provided to him trom: some- one he met previously while in incarceration,” said Sudevko. The judge noted chat Ziegler had done some crime planning. Burdett said: it was “safe to say” that Ziegler was tying to get an AT. M card so thar he could get money trom Glazin’s account. Burdett described Zicgler’s criminal record as lengthy and serious. His latest conviction was for possessing a prohibited weapon. A Port Coguitlam judge sentenced Ziegler to a sixemonth conditional sen- tence and two years” proba- tion, The probation ends in November 2000. Ziegler’s lawyer said his client was a tramer who had a long-term alcohol and some- times drug problem. Ziegler used to dive in Catholic Charities housing in Ontario native has twa teenage children in’ central Canada. He has a four-vear- ald son in North Vancouver Sudevko said Ziegler attended Alcoholics Anonymous, Sudevko said criminal record was able.” The defence Ziegler’s “not env lawver len credit card buys four months in pointed out that Ziegler had not committed a lot of crimes berween 1992 to 1998, in part because Ziegler was in jail. Bardett said that it was not in the public's interest and it did not satisfy the principles of sentencing to give Ziegler a conditional sentence. 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