mS Court hears testimony of alleged victim A YOUNG woman testified call day Monday in connection with two charges of ‘sexual touching and one charge of sexual assault against a North Vancouver sec- ondary school teacher. By Anna Marie D'Angelo News Reporter The suspended teacher's name is banned from publication following a request for a ban by the teacher's lawyer, Donald Muldoon. The name of the woman, a Crown witness, “and details of the incident: which may identify them are also banned from publication. ‘In North Vancouver provincial court Monday, Crown lawyer Gillian Parson declined to clarity her position to the News concerning the ban on the teacher's name. The Crown lawyer advised the News to check the court record. Judge Bill Rodgers ordered the ban on the . name of the accused, He said it was difficult to ’ weigh the media’s position on the issue as no rep- “resentations from. the press or electronic media . were made. The News has instructed its legal counsel to investigate setting the ban aside. ~ Meanwhile on the stand, the young woman, who was a !7-year-old student at the time of the alleged. offences, said she had respect for the: teacher and “got along with him great” before the : Nov. 19, 1993, incidents. > She testified that the accused, age 42, her girl- ‘friend and another man drank beer in a Vancouver Island hotel.room before ‘the alleged incidents “occurred. The beer, she testified, had been earlier confiscated from a group of male students by the , accused. “The complainant’ ‘and her gitiriend attended _ : the room of the’ accused to eat pizza in the late | evening ‘during the course of a! ‘school outing which lasted several days. : The. complainant testified she went to ‘the - room after taking a shower. “T walked in.and my‘ hair ‘was all wet. I was - saying,. “Don’t mind,’ and (the; accused) said, You look very attractive. T think you are very attractive’. she testified, During the course of the various conversations the group of four had in the room she said the accused told her he thought she hid a very nice body. “He said that he was fixed, meaning he couldn't have more kids... It sounded like (to me that he mez int) ‘Don't worry, 1 coulda’t get any- body pregnant’,”. she said, She testified that “it: was obvious” that the teacher wanted a massage by the way he was pulling his elbows buck. “He asked me if Td give him a massage. | said, ‘Sure’. 1 didn't think anything of it. He was a teacher,” she said. She said the accused was clad in silk boxer shorts and a T-shirt when he reclined on the bed. She testified that she straddled his buck when the accused suggested she do “o during the mas- Sage. “He asked if ] wanted a massage... | said what- ever and he gave me a massage. I was not like ya. ya, ya,” she said. The woman said she became “on edge” when the accused used cream to massage her feet and calves. “T was embarrassed to say something. I didn’t want to make more of it. Know what-J mean?” she said. At that point, her girlfriend suggested return- ing to their room, but the complainant. said she believed the room was occupied by other people on the trip. “They (the accused and other male) said we could sleep down there,” ‘she said. She said all four people reclined on the large bed. The lights were turned off. - She said the other man began snoring and the accused reached over her and hit the snorer. The accused, she said, left his hand near her face. She said he then put his hand on her stom- ach and rubbed her belly. “He then puts his hand under my T-shirt and rubs my (bare) belly. I was like, Oh my God, .” she said. She said he moved his hand to her collarbone ‘Block Block B, and a cancellation “hee : ‘could precipitate a joint action by all the owners.” Council’ will discuss Block B tomorrow (an. 26) at an in-camera ’_ ession. me j "STO assert its’ ownership of Block B, the district entered into. licence- to-occupy agreements with inost of the homeowners in 1986. Under those “agreements, property owners pay the district $10 a year and pro- vide liability insurance for. the’ dis- trict. In other areas properly owners encroaching on ‘district land must assessed .value of ' the land, said Sigston, ‘A. Waterfront task force, under . the direction of Glenys . Deering- Robb, expects to make recommen- pay the district 7% of the pro-rata ; dations on waterfront issues by the ‘ “end of March.’ Sigston shid anothet problem facing council ’ is , the: Wong boathouse, which was the subject of - a-June 3, 1994, report by building inspector Bob Gamel. According to. “the report, the boathouse, built par- tially on Block -B at 2136 Llockehaven: Rd., is “in a derelict state of repair” and an eyesore. | and then to her breasts, “He cubbed them on top of my bra,” she said. “He took my hand aad took it over to his side and put it on top of his penis.” she said. “Lo owas ‘Tipping out. FE didn’t want to turn around because | didn’t want to see his face... | was awake, Totally alert.” she said, adding she was pretending (o be asicep. She said that when he lowered his hand from her stomach to the area near her belt buckle, she flinched. The teacher, she testified, gol up and went to the washroom. When he returned, she said he shook her to wake her up. He said he didn't think it was a good idea for the two girls to be in the room, she testified. She said she had contact with the accused at school several times in the week folowing the alleged incidents. “He shut the door (to his office) and sat down and said, “I think | owe you an apology. ‘I'm sorry. Pd hate this to have happened to my own daughter’.” she testified. The accused’s daughter was 1G years old at the time, according to Parson. The young woman added, ‘He could tel) I felt down. He said ‘What could 7 do to make you feel - better? Should I quit (a school activity), quit (another school activity), should I tell my wife?"” . The woman added that the teacher had said to her on another occasion, “It wasn’t like we had sex or anything.” The teacher’s lawyer asked questions concern- ing the woman's police statements which referred to the sexual incidents as dream-like... - | The woman admitted she could have con- sumed at least six beers that day.’ ~ Said Muldoon, “Your hand was on his penis for five minutes. You didn’t really know if he had an erection or not?” The woman replied, “No.” - She said she felt a bulge that she believed to >be the head of his penis. Said Muldoon, “Because you felt a bulge, you concluded it must have been a penis?” : The trial, which was originally set for one day will continue for an estimated two more days. : The next trial dates were not available to Press time. Lo : "THE WONG boathouse is “aught .in the confusion | -about’ what council: will decide to do with North. .Vancouver waterfront. allegedly [Man in| court after attack on WV couple A 31-YEAR-OLD West . Vancouver man is charged with attempted murder and ;attempted — sexual assault following an inci- dent. in which. a man allegedly forced his way ‘into a home on Jan. 20 in the 200-block of Keith Road. By Anna Marie D'Angelo News Reporter Michael Albert Stone is in jail awaiting his next appear- ance. in West. Vancouver provincial court today. According tothe. West Vancouver Police (WVP), two * people living in the Keith Road home were disturbed by a knock at the door at about 7 ‘am The 60-year-old homeown- -# ” r answered the door and was immediately attacked: by a_knife-wielding ‘ man wearing a nylon stocking | over. his head,. according to’ police. While the homeowner — 1 struggled with the intruder, police say, he was able to alert q his wife. The. woman, 42, jumped from a second-storey bedroom" window and called police: from * a neighbor's house. WVP .spokesman Const. ~ Paul Skelton said the attempt- ed sexual . assault; charge. is”. related : to. the. ‘woman. : He: didn’t come in (physical) con- tact with the female at. all.” ” said Skelton.” Both people in the home’ J were treated -in - hospital: and released later that: day,, said: Skelton. Stone’ was: arrested near’ the’ house | by. west a Vancouver Police officers. The'accused is also charg ds with break and enter -with:. intent and wearing a ‘disguise’ while committing an offence, The commission first informed Ng in 1991 - that his. overbillings totalled . $113,000.’ He neglected to attend a hearing that fall or a sec- ond one in 1993. He claims he ‘was told he had just a “minor. problem.” Last January, Ng ‘was ordered to repay $422,407 for excessive office visits and $242,924,'for unjustifiable house’ calls. The tab “came asa complcte surprise," Ng claims in a court-filed affidavit.” ’ . . Before Christmas, he lost an attempt a completely new hearing. His penalty, ge appeal on Feb. 1: ~ “Dr Ne has no commient? ” his office told tl - News. “A WEST Vancouver doctor who alleged- “ly: overbilled the healthcare’ system for. over $650,000 now wants to knock at :Jeast haif'a million dollars off his final ‘penalty tab. Dr. Liang Ng filed a legai “challenge on Jan. 13. in B.C. Supreme Court. : ‘By Brent Mudry Contributing Writer": Overbilling repayment order challenged other doctor, with $749,000 in billings, tops him in B.C. The West Van doctor's total billings are confidential, but he is alleged to have over- : billed the healthcare system an average of - about $100,000 a year during a 64-year period. - The family doctor established his practice in’ “‘narcissistic and existential anxieties.” West Vancouver in 1984. Frequent and brief . | On average, he saw patients over twice the nursing home visits were an especially Jucra- . norm of 2.8 visits a year. He saw many patients tive source of Ng’s patients. at least twice a month. Ng billed for 88 visits in “Within two years; the bells were ringing on: one year for a single patient, and 79 for anoth- “j the Medical Services Commission’ 'S comput- re : ers, and Ng, was invited to havea chat with commission officials in’ 1987. Despite this _ warning, it is alleged that the excessive billings continued. Ng claims many of his elderly patients have