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was the first time in our history, a iuror had been accused of
obstruction. This was uncharted territory in the centuries of
western jurisprudence. But that wasn’t the focus of the media.
No, it was the fashion sense, or lack thereof, of Gillian Guess.
Sex and titillation sells after all.

We were treated to a two page spread in the Province with
a fashion consultant critiquing Guess taste, sucks as it is.

We took a trip into her house and got a depiction of her
living arrangements. I don’t know how I would have made it
through the trial without that vital information.

We got to know the name of her dog, a little furry, dish-

_moppy thing called George
There was talk of boo! “deals Made for TV movies. Good
_ Lord, what a sick s society if she is allowed to profit from her
overactive libido,

As a final thought, Andy Warhol philosophized about a
person’s 15 minutes of fame. Is there anyone reading this who
believes Gillian Guess hasn’t exceeded her allotted time by at
least. nvo or threefold? Has j justice been done? Not yet.

For justice to be truly done in this sordid matter, Guess
will go to jail and not profit one thin dime for the multi-mil-
lion-dollar waste of taxpayers moncy she is responsible for.

'’. Gill, Bindy Johal and his cohorts will also pay the - price if they

are retried and found guilty for the blood spilled in the gang

fo And we will never be burdened with hearing the name of
“Gillian Guess again.
no, ; ——lknight@direct.ca>iknight@direct.ca

Wednesday, June 24, 1998 — North Shore News - 11

Guess to appeal

N. Van woman
faces Aug. 20
sentencing

Robert Galster

News Reporter
robert@nsnews.com

WATCHING middle-
aged men strip helped
Gillian Guess deal with
the prospect of spend-
ing the next decade
behind bars.

Yhe 43-year-old North
Vancouver woman was found
guilty of cbstructing justice
last Friday in B.C. Supreme
court by a jury that took
about 15 hours to make up
its mind. Although she won'r
be sentenced until Aug. 20,
Guess faces a maximum of 10
years in jail.

One day after she heard
the verdict, Guess said she
could hardly keep her eves
open and spent the majority
of Saturday repeatedly nod-
ding off. By Saturday night
she decided cnough was
enoligh and decided the best
way to shake herself out of
her funk was to hunker down
with a video. She sent her son
Adam to the video store with
instructions to choose a film
he thought would help lift his
mom our of the doldrums.
Adam returned with The Full
Monty and Austin Powers.

Guess’ problems stem
from the 1995 wial of Preet
Sarjit (Peter) Gill and five
other men who were accused
of murdering Ron and Jim
Dosanjh, during which she
served as a juror. All six were
acquitted, bur Guess was
charged with obstruction of
justice because she became
intimately involved with Gill
during his ‘trial. During her
trial, Guess’ lawyer Peter
Ritchie argued that Guess
was the victim with Gill play-
ing the part of a demonic
seducer who scized the
opportunity to manipulate
the outcome of his own trial.
But Crown lawyer Joe
Bellows maintained through-

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out the tial that Guess was in
a position to hear evidence no
one else was privy to and was
guilty of obstruction of jus-
tice because she didn’t end
the relationship and did nor
disclose it to anyone at the
trial.

Guess said the verdict will
continue to haunt her for a
long time and is made pariic-
ularly poignant by a strange
turn of events shortly atter it
was read out.

Within seconds of the
“guilty” word being uttered a
cell phone rang in the court-
room gallery. The phone
belonged to her friend Maria
Matsen and the call was fram
Guess’ daughter Alana.

Guess said Alana had had a
premonition that “something
terrible has happened.

“She felt my pain and her
brother's pain,” said Guess.

Last Sattrday — night’s
videos may have temporarily
helped Guess take her mind
off her troubles, but the our-
come of her trial is not likely
to let her be for some time.

“My inner peace went to
outer space,” summarized
Guess. “I woke up Sunday
morning feeling, just: more
like myself again.

Another way Guess keeps
herself loose is to talk about
the trial and her experiences.
As often as not, her audience
is the media scrum that has
been hounding her since the
beginning of the trial more
than five weeks ago.

“It empowers me to talk
about the issues — pcople
look at it as me being a pub-
licity hound, in love with the
media,” said Guess. “But itll
die down soon cnough.”

Guess has already said she
will appeal the verdict, in
spite of Ricchie’s statement
that they will mull over their
next move over the coming
weeks. Guess said the reason
for that is legal protocol that
calls for remaining mum on
the subject of an appeal for

some time after the conclu:
sion of a trial.

“There’s no
were going f0 appeal,”
Guess,

She added she didn’r
know what legal grounds her
lawyer will rely on to have an
appeal accepted.

“He (Ritchie) humors me
so much but when [ starr
talking about the legalities he
gets mad,” said Guess.

doubr we
said

GILLIAN Guess ... faces
up to 10 years in jail.

SAMES POYNER

Lawyer

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