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December 2,1994 76 pages

@ Pruning nurtures
spring growth: 15
@ Weekly Rea! Estate

section: 45-76

& Xmas Calendar..........35

@ Crossword.....................41

@ Fashion... acosserenesens 2D

inside Stories.............15
® North Shore Alert....10

@ Sports... TZ

@ Sunshine Girl.22

8 TV Listings... 20

@ Zap..............

GMC Jimmy a great
highway cruiser: 29

@ Listings for new and
used cars: 31

Weather
Saturday: windy.
High 6°C, low -2°C.

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OF NORTE AND WEST VANCOUVER

BELLEVUE OK’'D

Flood of new interest in
building as B.C. Supreme
Court approves co-
ownership agreement.

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Photo Jana Cook

Roasted Rolls

A NOV. 29 fire that started in the garage at 280 East 5th destroyed this 1952 Rolls Royce and
a 1985 Mercedes-Benz. The blaze began when the cars' owner started the Mercedes.
Damage is estimated at over $100,000. The fire’s cause is under investigation.

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NAPOLEON

More missing items from
the stolen Napoleon
Bonaparte collection recov-
ered on the North Shore.

CORONER'S = INQUEST
recommendations concern-
ing the shooting of a North
Vancouver doctor by a men-
tally ill man in 1992 suggest
changes in how the RCMP,
Crown counsel and doctors
do business.

By Anna Marie D'Angelo
News Reporter

The five-member coroner's jury
made 23 recommendations on
Tuesday after a six-day inquest last
month.

Dr. Verne Flather, 55, was shot
in the chest and killed by a North
Vancouver man on April 22, 1992,
in front of his East Keith Road
home.

David Henderson, 51, was found
insane and therefore not criminally
responsible for the shooting.

Henderson was diagnosed
suffering from paranoid schizo-
phrenia with a strong persecution
complex. A forensi psychiatrist
diagnosed Henderson's — serious
mental illness after the shooting.

Inquest testimony revealed that
Henderson was perceived te be
mentally unstable and had exhibited
violent, threatening behavior on
numerous occasions over a period
of more than 10 years prior to the
shooting.

Henderson, the inquest heard,
voiced violent threats and exhibited
threatening behavior to local doc-
tors, social services employees and
North Shore Health workers. The
incidents were never reported to
police, Despite Henderson's mental
problems and run-ins with the law,
he was able to buy wo handguns
legally.

Flather’s daughter, Patti Flather,
who asked for an inquiry or inquest
into her father’s murder earlier this
year, said she felt the testiniony had
answered her questions ubout how
Henderson had “fallen through the
cracks.

“ft feel a sense of closure now
that the inquest is done. PE have tried
to do all T could to help the system
improve,” said Pani Flathe

She said the community should
consider providing more structured
support for mentally il residents.

“LT hope people listen to these
recommendations because there are
other Hendersons walking around
and there is going to be a point
when Henderson will likely be
released no matter what we do."
ad Flather suid.

The coroner's jury recommenda:

See Coraner page 3