Caster found
guilty of gun
possession

A former North Vancouver resident who is serving
a life sentence for first degree murder received a
concurrent 18 months in jail on July 5 on a gun
charge.

In February 1999, Michacl Caster, 22, was tound guilty of
shooting Mohammad Mirhadi at close range in a crowded North
Vancouver movie theatre. The planned murder took place on Feb.
28, 1997.

Caster was charged with
murder seven months after the
crime and after he had been
duped into a confession by
undercov

When Caster w.

on Sept. 13, 1997
found a loaded unr
Mauser semi-automatic hand-
gun in Caster’s motorcycle.
Caster lived with his mother,
Farkhondeh Nicou, at a high-
tise at Marine Drive and
Capilano Road at the time.

The gun was found under
the seat of Caster’s motorcycle.

It was not the gun used to
kill Mirhadi. That weapon has
never been recovered by police.

Caster chose to have a pre- MICHAEL Caster is serv-
liminary hearing in North ing a tife sentence for the
Vancouver provincial court in murder of Mo Mirhadi.
connection with the gun
charge. He then chose to have a trial before a judge only in B.C
Supreme Court. He was found guilty of possessing the unregi

tered handgun. 30-6. fepalr
He receives no extra jail ime because the 18 months in jail is . rday 4-987 Marine Drive, North Vancouver 985 7 38

concurrent to his life sentence. The auton entence for first- 1:00-5:009m 1 block West of Coplang Halley Miss eo

degree murder is life in prison with parole cligibility after 25 years.
Caster is appealing | the murder conviction, another automatic legal
procedure with a first degree murder conviction.

A federal Nasional Parole Board spokesman said this week that
Caster is cligible for day parole in 2019. He is cligible for full
parole in 2022.

In addition to the 18 months concurrent jail, B.C. Supreme
Court Justice Bryan Ralph prohibited Caster from possessing guns

for 10 years.
—Anna Marty D’Angetlo

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Vancouver.

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wares and home accessories, will open a 47,000 square foot
store at Park Royal South. Mall director Rick "Amantea expects
as many as 45 people will be employed when it opens in
November. Linens ‘n Things has 245 stores in 40 states and
three provinces. Its first B.C. store opened last spring in .
Langley.
Pacific Linen, one of Capilano Mall’s featured tenants, oo) We specialize in jewelry,
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