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Hitchhiker sought
in murder case

SQUAMISH RCMP are requesting the public’s assistance in iden-
tifying a lone male who may have been hitchhiking on Highway 99
near the Sunset Marina at approximately 2:30 a.m. on Sunday
March 18.

Potice believe the male may be able to assist in their investigation
of the murder of “athleen Kermode. The 73-year-old retired West
Vancouver teacher was found stabbed to death March 18 in her
Sunset Marina area home.

The person being sought is described only as being in his early
20s and carrying a medium-sized suitcase.

it is belicved that the person was travelling south towards Van-
couver and may have been picked up while hitchhiking.

Squatter acquitted
of murder charge

A 36-YEAR-OLD Black Mountain squatter charged with the
shooting death of another squatter was acquitted Thursday by a
B.C. Supreme Court jury.

Robert James Anderson was found not guilty of the second-
degree murder of Calvin Burgess Robinson, 31.

The charge was laid against Anderson after the discovery June
19, 1989 of Robinson's body on Black Mountain, a wilderness wa-
tershed area above Horseshoe Bay. Robinson had died of a single
gunshot wound to the abdomen.

The shooting had apparently occurred after a dispute broke out
between the two men over an exposed roll of film.

But Anderson’s defence lawyer, Glenn Orris, said the shooting
was a matter of self-defence.

The jury deliberated for more than two hours before returning a

not puilty verdict.

NV men charged
with B&Es

TWO NORTH Vancouver men have been charged with three
counts of break and enter and two counts of possession of stolen
property over $1,000 following a North Vancouver RCMP
discovery of a cache of stolen goods.

On Feb. 7, members of the North Vancouver RCMP burglary
section executed a search werrant at 104-136 East 18th St. in North
Vancouver City.

A large quantity of stolen property was recovered, including
native art (prints carvings and masks), household goods and elec-
tronic equipment.

Some of the unique native art pieces recovered remain unclaimed
at the North Vancouver RCMP station. Anyone who has been a
victim of a crime in which native art was stolen is asked to contact

Const. Craig Duffin at 985-1311, local 445.

NV man jailed
for assault

A 26-YEAR-OLD North Vancouver man was sentenced March 27
in North Vencouver provincial court to three months in jail for
assault.
Kevin Jay Hooper pleaded guilty to assaulting a woman in con-
nection with a Jan. 13 incident in North Vancouver District.
Appearing before Judge J.K. Shaw, Hooper was also placed on

probation for 22 years.

GVRD seeks
N. Shore input

THE GREATER Vancouver Regional District's program to
revitalize the district's livabte region strategy will be up for focal
public input starting at 7 p.m., Thursday. Aprit 5 at the Silver
Harbour Centre in North Vancouver,

The meeting is opes to cesidents of North Vancouver City and
District, West Vancouver District, Lions Bay and Bowen Island.

Issues caised during the Choosing Our Future community
meeting will provide local direction for future regional develop-
meal decisions.

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