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Human rights complaint dismissed

Robert Galster

News Reporter robert@nsnews.com

KEN Hutchinson wants to put the past behind him.

But before the owner of North Vancouver's Avalon Hotel does that he
wants to set the record straight.

Last week, Hutchinson received word that a human nghts council decision
has dismissed a complaint by a former employee charging him with sexual
assault. Although it took the council more than a year to reach its verdict, it
mirrors the decision delivered in B.C. Supreme Court in 1996 over similar alle-
gations.

“Pm just glad it’s over and Pve been vindicated in these tribunals or
forums,” said Ffutchinson, a father of tive. “] won this thing in criminal court
and naw I've won it in the human rights (council ).~

The human rights council decision, 243 page document, was whiten by
Douglas Eastwood, the council member who heard the complaint dunng its
19-day hearing.

Stated Eastwood: “The complainant's testimony was shown to have annum
ber of inconsistencies in relationship to important matters, She not only con
tradicted herself between her testimony in-chief and in cross-examination but
also appeared ty do so in relation to other testimeny which she had given pre-
viously at the preliminary inquiry and and at the criminal trial.”

Hutchinson’s troubles started in 1993 when a female employee whose
name has since become the subject of a permanent court-imposed publication
ban, filed a union grievance against Hutchinson and his hotel.

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Anna Marie D'Angelo
News Reporter datgclo@nsnews.com

JESSICA Hill knows her ABCs.

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