THE KILLER of North
Shore. physician Geoffrey
Cragg will spend 25 years in
jail without parole.

By Anna Marie D’Angelo
News Reporter

Cragg, 45, was fatally stabbed
in his Calgary home on Sept. 16,
1992, during a botched break-in.

Sheldon Klatt, 23, of Calgary,
was found guilty of second-degree
murder on July 16, following a
two-week jury .trial in the Court
of Queen’s Bench in Calgary.

Klatt was sentenced to life in
prison.

“It’s the biggest sentence we
could get. That’s what we asked
‘for and that’s what we got. We
‘are happy about that,’’ said West
. Vancouver architect George
Cragg, Geoffrey’s brother.

Geoffrey Cragg and his family
moved to Calgary in June 1988
to study.under orthopedic surgeon
Dr. Ken Anquist of the University
‘of Calgary. °

Cragg was in his final term of —

“ studies and had intended to. return

to.the. North. Shore-to work: at

‘ LGHi‘as an orthopedic surgeon.
‘For 14 years Cragg had shared a

sy. :.North. Vancouver © practice -

_ with his father, George Sr:

Geoffrey Cragg also worked in.
: the. Lions Gate. Hospital: (GH):
emergency ward. George Sr, was a"

said “his.
“murdered ' just one

chief of staff at LGH.
Georg 3. Cragg, 4l,.

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iller of local

44 The judge basically said the buck
is going to stop here..9?

~— George Cragg, victim's brother.

month before he was slated to
become a specialist.

“He went to Alberta because
there were only a few places in
Canada to do his program, and he
wanted a change from Van-
couver,’’ said George.

““My father was also born in
Alberta and my grandfather was a
pioneer there, so we had some
ties,”’ he said.

Geoffrey Cragg married West
Vancouver resident Marion Mac-
Doriald in 1980. The couple ‘had
four children: Cary, 12, Nick, 11,
and nine-year-old twins, Emily
and Jacquelyn.

Marion, 40, plans to move her
family home to West Vancouver
within the next two weeks, George
Cragg said on Monday.

He.added thai after dealing with
the major. shock of Geoffrey’s
death, he’started thinking about
the broader implications of what
happened.”

“You: think, ‘Is " this what
the country is turning to?’ People

‘Cail come into your home and do

this - and: Possibly: get off, ”* said

Ps a ‘light of fantasy’

“DAVID ‘ALEXANDER. Snow: should not -be declared’a.
“dangerous offender but should: instead be handed a.
‘prison sentence, of. -betwéen! 16‘and.18 years, Snow’s
‘Jawyer’ told’ North: - Vancouver provincial court Judge

_ Jerome Paradis’ on Friday. *:

* Crown. counsel Greg Weber.
| ches ‘applied: to. have Snow, 38,
“declared a dangerous offender.

‘The ‘declaration could. result”

‘in an indefinite jail sentence for
the Orangeville, Ont., man.
“Last. year Snow was con-
" vieted. of sexual assault causing
“bodily. harm, armed robbery,

‘attempting to: choke another |

: person ‘and confinement against"
“He was arrested ' last July
‘outside the Bridge’ House. res-

taurant.on Capilano Road in.

‘North Vancouver.

“The police’ had found him

"standing over:.a bound and
gagged female; employce of the
Testaurant.

“Paradis will: rule on the dan- -

gerous offender application on

_ Friday. :

In his summation to Paradis,

“Goldberg told Paradis that the

. | Crown had failed to present ‘‘a

‘| substantial: amount of materi-

al’? in.the dangerous offender
“hearing.

“He ‘also criticized the testi-

“mony ‘of Dr. Elisabeth Zoff-

_information | she: had,”

_ offender -
i; only be made in rare cases.

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By Surj Rattan

News Reporter ;

mann, .one of three court-
appointed . psychiatrists _ who
assessed Snow.

' “Dr. Zoffmann’s assessment
is a flight of fantasy in many,
many paragraphs. Some of it
(information Zoffmann
received) was exaggerated.

" “She exaggerated. the limited
‘said
Goldberg.

He added ‘that a dangétous
declaration should

Goldberg also criticized
media coverage of Snow’s trial
and dangerous offender hear-
ing, noting that Snow has yet
to face trial on two murder
charges in Ontario.

“There is a bandwagon ef-
fect where every person wants
to get on the bandwagon to
ensure this accused will get the
maximum’ penalty possible,’
said Goldberg.

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“But the judge basically said
the buck is going to stop here,”
he added.

In. cases of second-degree
murder, an offender must serve 10
years before being eligible for
parole in Canada.

But the jury recommended that
the jail term be increased to the
maximum 25 years before Klatt
could: be eligible for parole. Mr.
Justice Allen Sulatycky agreed.

George Cragg said Klatt admit-
ted on the stand that he had
committed 50 burglaries during
the summer in 1992, °

“He said it so casually and
cavalier,’ said George Cragg, who
attended the trial. .

Klett maintained during the trial
that his best friend had stabbed

Geoffrey Cragg during the ‘

break-in.

Geoffrey Cragg led an active,
full life. His many interests in-
cluded skiing, sailing,

diving.

He was born in Vancouver and
raised on the North Shore. ~

’ residents reject options

aircrait:
flying, hang’ gliding, . and scuba”

NORTH SHORE decter Geottrey Cragg had almost campicted: a
four-year ‘programa to become. an orthopedic surgeon when he
was killed taet September in his Calgary hom during: a botched
break-in.

"| for Gleneagles right-of-way

BC. Rail to examine other possible. uses for vO .

A. MAJORITY of West
Vancouver residents who
-attended public information
‘meetings held to discuss the
‘future (‘of the BC Rail
Gleneagles right-of-way re-
dected the Crown . corpora-

‘ tion’s. basic ‘objectives for

the land.

By Surj Rattan
News Reporter

In 1978, BC Rail leased ap-—
proximately 22 acres (8. 8 hectares) :

of its Gleneagles right-of-way to
West- Vancouver. District for $40
per year:

But ‘the 10-year term has not
been . renewed. The land is now

‘being leased to the district. ona
yearly basis. The lease expires in .

December.

BC Rail said it. now wants to
examine other possible uses for
the right-of-way.

The rail company has not used
‘the fand. since 1972, when the
Neilson Creek Tunnel was built
following a train derailment. '

The land is used for parking at
the. Gleneagles golf course,
overflow .parking for the Horse-
shoe Bay ferry. terminal,
Seaview Walk and a soccer field.

The right-of-way runs from the
entrance of the Nelson Creek
Tunnel, south and west around
Fisherman’s Cove and through to
the north side of Horseshoe Bay.

It also includes adjoining
smaller parcels of land acquired
by BC Rail Properties over the
years.

The total area is approximately
26.8 acres (10.7 hectares).

Most of the land is zoned RS4,
Some is zoned RS2.

Both zoning designations allow
for single-family residential devel-
opment, . ;

the’

7 BC RAIL PROPERTIES oe
GLENEAGLES RIGHT OF. way

‘BC RAIL Is examining
alternate uses fora = & -
*, 26.8-acre (10.7-hectare) ‘ii
_ Portion of railway:
Leight y.

_- GLENEAGLES’...
SOLE
COURSE:

NEWS graphic Jecquolins Johnson

Based upon zoning currently in: © to maintain: the Seaview. Walk .

place, the. land. is
lion, less development costs.

BC Rail said its basic objectives

associated with the Gleneagles
right-of-way are:

® to realize the value of the land
based upon existing zoning en-
titlement;

@ to estabiish a long-range use
for the property based on the

views of the community; ;

worth $17 mil-.

as a public amenity if possible. .

BC Rail invited public’ feedback
on its three objectives at public
information meetings. held earlier .
this year.

But according to.a BC Rail
survey of the results released this
week, a majority of respondents
reject the BC Rail objectives.

Of 169 respondents, 138 said

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