speteppagutenty ae cay wnt saapor gn Lon Tene weenie ep ane meri sec ns a Ou big a byte aper: T T VANCOUVE Sipe samy sae: ht oeS ee Cy ee eat ‘4 ee 6222 Circ wearer pesbe School taxes rise: 10 MILED 1 YEA uo“ We feel justice has not been _done here,’ Rita Akselrod said “Monday. ‘‘The charges were very AES RA .THE DRUNK driver who ran over and killed two young : North Vancouver men got a virtual slap on the wrist, say the victims’ families and a spokesman for Mothers Against “Drunk Drivers (MADD). ‘lenient to begin with. He should have at least got the maximum on those charges.’’ yor. Ni By TIMOTHY R News Reporter The president of the North and West Vancouver’ and Vancouver chapters of MADD made her comments Monday following the one-year sentence handed Kelly Alexander Read by Vancouver county court Judge David Camp- ell. The 28-year-old Coquitlam man pleaded guilty Monday to one count of impaired driving, one count of failure to stop after an accident and one count of danger- ous driving. In addition to the jail term, Read also had his driver’s licence suspended for three years. TWO DEAD Charges against Read followed the deaths of Douglas Allen Campbell, 17, and Robert Gavin :- Watt, 19, on Jan. 28, 1984, The. two Windsor Secondary “: School students. were struck by a ay kon Sunda orth? Vanco: ag . car on Mount Seymour. Parkway shortly after 3 a.m. as they. were .walking home from a party. NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD Robert _ Gavin Watt...died hours after he ‘and Campbell were hit by a car on Jan, 28, 1984, The impact threw Campbell over the roof of the speeding Oldsmobile and onto its trunk. He died almost instantly. : Watt was run over and died a few-hours later. The car driven by Read sped from the ‘accident scene and slam- med into the Grantham Street Bridge where North Vancouver, RCMP took Read into custody. Police: said Read was obnoxious _ and. belligerent when he was ar- “rested. He refused to supply a breath or blood sample. Campbell and Watt, left’ on the roadway. after being struck by Read's car, were hit by a second car. The driver of the second car, Linda Smitheringale, stopped and stayed at the scene until police ar- rived, AFTER PARTY Read, Watt and Campbell were all making their way home. from S : the same party. ~ sadness ase _ SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD Douglas Allen’ Campbell...killed instantly after being struck down by Read’s car. on _ Saying the ordeal of his son’s death had inflicted a_ terrible and loss of happiness within his family, David Campbell said) Monday, drinking and driving is sti sot taken seriously enough by the wublic or the courts. . ‘Fhe whole. matter is still sented. too lightly,’’ he said. “specially the licence suspension. This i¢ something [ feel very strongiy about. A driver’s licence is not a right. It is a privilege. This person (Read) should have no right to drive, ever again.” . The accident, he said, had been a double tragedy for his eldest son because, in addition to the loss of a brother, he had lost a close friend in Robert Watt. SAD, FRUSTRATED Robert's father Bill echoed Campbell’s sadness and frustra- tion. His family, he said, had been ' devastated by the accident. The 27 months‘ from the acci- dent to Monday's sentencing had been far too long and far too agonizing, Watt said. : . Akselrod, whose daughter. was killed by a drunk driver on Boxing Day 1979, said Read’s jail senterice would do little to deter drinking driving. ‘ _ “He killed two people and left them on the road to bleed. to death. Justice was not done here.’’ Read was sentenced to 60 days on his impaired charge, 12 months on failure to stop ‘after an acci- dent, and 12 months on his charge of dangerous driving. - His sentences will be served con- currently. With good behavior, Read could be paroled in four months. Soe The victims’ families are plann- ing to launch a civil suit against Read, : Joe Prosecutor Mark Levitz said the Crown’ had no plans to: appeal Read's sentence. fer