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Guess tri
hears Giil
diary entries

Defence attorney failed in bid to
Diock notes as court evidence

Liam Lahey

Contributing Writer

GILLIAN Guess’ defence attorney Peter Ritchie
argued unsuccessfully this week to have a diary
belonging to Peter Gill declared inadmissible on
the grounds that it’s all “hearsay evidence.”

Ritchie had insisted the diary be thrown out, unless the Crown was pre-
pared to call Peter Gill ro testify.

Guess, a North Vancouver resident, has been charged with obstructing,
justice in connection with her involvement in a 1995 murder trial.

The Crown alleges Guess, who was a juror in the trial, had an intimate
and sexual relationship with Parjeet (Peter) Gili, one of the six mien accused
of murder.

“Targue strongly that this diary is not admissible; if the Crown wishes to
bring Mr. Gill to the stand in reiation to the trial, then let’s do so,” Ritchie
said. “But to take the diary at this stage before the jury is absolutely
unfounded ... this is hearsay evidence of the rankest order.”

In allowing the diary to be us front of the jury, Justice Raymond
Paris said there is no significant prejudice in the pages aimed at the accused.

“Some entries are questionable; standing by themselves they would be
hearsay. Others are of the author’s frame of 1 mind,” Paris said, “1 he entries

referred to by (Crown prosecutor) Mr. Bellows are admissible.”

Gill had kepr a diary while being tried for the 1995 murder of brothers
Jim and Ron Dosanjh. Guess was a juror for that trial.

The Crown alleges same of Gill’s entries relate directly to the affair he
had with Guess during that trial.

“On Feb. 14, he (Gill) wrote, ‘Look at the juror, shell smile and wonder
what I wrote’,” Bellows recited from the diary. “On Feb. 4, ‘juror isn’t mak-
ing cye contact, saw me with my wife and son, She keeps staring big time.
Something is wrong with the juror, she’s pissed off ... no smile today.”

Other notable passages from the diary that the jury heard were:

@ “Jan. 17, she’s still making cye contact”;

§B “Jan. 21, this isn’t funny anymore, w hen someone stares at me [ smile, or
give a dirty look back”;

® “Feb. 10, everytime someone walks into the room: (courtroom), she looks
to see iff look. If it’s nale, she gives mic an evil stare”;

8 “Feb, 11, look who keeps staring”;

@ “April 30, she keeps looking to see if I’m looking at her. The chick num-
ber one, in the j jury box”,

The court also heard testimony from Const. Brendan Fitzpatrick and
Staff Sgt. Gordon Rinn, the Bo RCMP officers who led the investigation
against Guess.

Ritchie put Fiezpatrick squarely on the hot seat during his examination of

that officer's involvement.
“Have you attempted to charge Mr. Gill with obstruction of justice or

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