4 ~ Friday, February 19. 1999 - North Shore News

Victim’s fami

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seeking damages

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J.MAs ful name cannot be
published because of a court:
ordered ban. He will be tried
for the first degree murder of
Mirhadi in October.

Famous Players and we
emplovees of its Esplanade 6
complex are also named as co
defendants in’ the wrongful
death fawsuit, The Mirhadk
chim the theatre cham, man-
ager Andre Mav and) usher
Matthew Ward failed to
ensure Mirhadi would be sate
in the establishment. They
charge Famous Players didn’t
provide adequate security and
staffing levels, nor did it pre-
vent access to the theatre via
an outside door.

Witnesses at Caster’s tria!
could not conclusively identi-
fy Caster as the gunman. But
they told the court a door
next to the sereen was left ajar
and used by the shooter as the
entry and exit point, The door
led to an alley. Caster con-
fessed to the crime ina Sept.
10, 1997, conversation thar
was secretly recorded by an
undercover RCMP officer.

Bill Macl.cod, the
Mirhadis’ lawyer, said lawsuits
secking damages for victims’
families are not uncommon.

Seymour
snowdoarder
rescued

Robert Galster

News Reporter
robert@usnews.com

IN what is becoming a
regular occurrence,
North Shore Rescue
members spent
Wednesday night
searching for a niissing
snowboarder.

Rescue tesa members
tracked down Tyler Krause on
Thursday at about 3:30 a.m.
Itwesthe 12th time since Jan.
J that the volunteer squad has
been called out to search for
lost or missing individuals on
North Shore mountains.

Wednesday’s rescue opera-
tion began when the 20-vear-
ald Alberta man’s family
reported him missing at about
S p.m. Mt. Seymour ski patrol
and some 20 members of the
North Shore and Coquitlam
Rescue squads combed the
area for several hours.

At about midnight,
searchers spotted tracks in an
uncontrolled — backcountry
area heading east of the ski
hill. Upon closer inspection,
the tracks disappeared over a
set of cliffs, south of Mystery
Lake. By 2:30) am. the
searchers had established
voice contact with the man,
whe was cold but otherwise
unburt.

The operation’s search
manager Alan Rilly said
Wednesday's search was rou-
tine though the frequency of
calls this season is starting to
wear the team’s members
down.

“I've had two hours of
sleep and now I’m going to
work,” said Billy Thursday
morning. “It does take a toll
in terms of time for work and
family.”

“They typically arise out of

motor vehicle eases, bat
they're certainly not restricted
to thase,” MacLeod said.

“Evers case is different.
dav’t know that there’s been
a precedent for a situation
where someone is shot ina
theatre. Tsoa pretty unusual
set of circumstances.”

John yng Shahavzad
Mirhadi chum) Mohanimed’s
Josh caused them
love, cae 1d companionship,
financial support, household
assistance and inability to
recover debts owing to them.

Rene Pathon, the mother of

Mohammed Mirhadi’s child,
Nikaya Mirhadt-Pathon,
claims Mirhadi’s | wrongful
dgath deprives her daughter
of financial support, house-
hold assistance, love, care and
guidance, and inheritance.

loss of

Macbeod anticipates it will
take between one and tae
vears tor the Gase fo goto
ural.

Caster’s sister Sandra was
bewildered when she was told
ot the lawsuit by a reporter,

PT )is is just socunfair tous
Kirst: Michael getting guilt
fora crime. thar P know and
tis triends know he wasn’t the
ene who shot “Mot. and
now this lawsuit.” she said.

“Its just like evervthing’s
geing wrong.”

Phone cally to Fanious
Plavers’ head office in
Toronto and regional office in
West Vancouver were not
returned by the News*
Thursday press deadline.

Cascer, who won't be eligi
He for parole until Sept. 13,
2022, is appealing the guilty
verdict.

NEWS photo Paut McGrath

EIGHTEEN-year-old Handsworth grad Mandy Ryan has formed a theatre group
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teen issues, March 1 to 5 at Windsor Secondary School. Tickets: 929-2361.

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