4 — Friday. December 18. 1998

~ North Shore News

Gun used to ki!! NV man never recovere

From pute 4

the sercen that might became
very real to the over: 300 peo
ple in the packed movie the
ate” Levis sand in court.

Lesite said the incident was
trigeered by Caster’s quest tor
revenge atter he fost a aght
sath Mirhads in the Capilano
Mall parkade on Feh 24,
1997,

Bevity said) Mirhadi was
aked by his trend David
Darmadi to accompany fun te
the mall. Caster bougiit stolen
tape decks from Darmadi via a
third party, bur was unhapps
with his purchase,

Darmadi heard Caster had
issued a threat ina bid to yet a
refund. Tevitz described
Mirhadii as “a well-built voung
man considerably bigger than
Caster” who knew of Caster.

The trio walked trom
Caster’s workplace, Kinney
shoes, to the parkade where
they spoke. “Mirhadi felt that
Caster was rude, so he hit
Caster in the side of the head
and kicked him, causing Caster
to fall to the ground,” Levitz
sad.

“Caster's humiliation from
this encounter is what we allege
Was his motive for killing Mr.
Mirhadi.” Caster left the shoe
store Feb. 28 at 9:06 p.m. and
went to Esplanade 6 with four
males. Levitz said police had a
Video surveillance camera

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Caster saw cach other ei an
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GAR pam start at Donne
Brasco, Caster wathed ro the
tront oof the Majestic theatre
and spotted Mirhadr and
Brown siming in the front row
centre on the lett ane.

“Caster decided: there and
then to seek his revenge on Mr.
Mirhadh by staging. a spectacu
far murder in itont of hundreds
of people” Levitz said. “He
left the theatre to ger a gun and
a disguise,”

Levitz alleged: Caster
returned about 11:10 pin. dis-
guised and armed with a hand:
gun. With his back te the
sereen and fave to the audience,
he stood before Mirhadi. He
held the gua with both hands
and shot Mirhadi once. He
then moved towards the emer-
geney exit and shor Mirhadi
twice before leaving by the
emergency exit, which had
already been lett ajar.

Levitz said [Mf and per-
haps another unidentitied man
Were waiting to help Caster thee
the scene.

Levitz said Caster went to a

tends apartment at ath and
Chesterfield where he stored a
backpack contaming the
Weapon and disguise beuts
did not chiborate on the dis
ihe

Caster then went toa poo!
hall at 4thoand Ponsdale and
recened a call on dus cellular
telephone from: Darmadi. whe
heard about the shootng.
Darmadi went te the pool hall
ro contront Caster, who denied
apy imalvement in] Mirhadi's
death.

Pole offtvers interviewed
Casteren March Lb. Levitz said
he admitted to the Feb. 26
Hehe atthe mall, but denied he
was at Esplanade 6 on the sigint
ofthe murder.

Levity
the witnesses in: the Majestic
theatre at the time of the
shooting will be able to identi-
A Caster as the person who
pulled the trigger, but he said
video surveillance of the the-
atre dobby, ceHular phone

records and the testimony of

Brown will prove Caster was in
the mavie complex on Feb. 28.
Levitz said Caster eventual:
ly confessed to the crime to an
undercover police officer,
Const. Keith Pearce posed
as “Mac,” a member of a crim-
inal organization. He tirst
vained the trust of JM. whe
eventually implicated Caster as
Mirhadi's killer. Pearce con-
vinced both Caster and [ML to

Slain man’s father seeks ‘truth’

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Most of the 66 chairs in the
public gallery of the high-secu-
rity, main floor courtroom were
empty on the trial’s first day,
Caster, clothed in a grey suit

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tor the supposed drug off load,
Caster hada comversation with
Camt, Pearce posing as Mac
when Caster cantessed te
shooting Mr. Merhadi” Levitz
said

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