page 12, December 1, 1976 - North Shore News

AUTOGRAPHED COPIES of “‘Johann’s Gift to Christmas”’
will be a feature of the second picture loan display at 7 p.m.
tomorrow [Thursday, December 2] at Presentation House,

. North Vancouver. This delightful book, being read to Melanie
McConnell [above] by her grandma, ts by Jack Richards and
is illustrated by West Vancouver’s widely acclaimed artist
and cartoonist, Len Norris [pictare below]. Mr. Norris will
autograph the books, and a number of his best-known
cartoons will be on display.

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YELLING AT HIM

The mother recalls that
while she sat in the court-

m listening to the ‘‘em-
barrassing questions,’’ many
things went through her
mind. ‘‘I don’t know how to
explain it. A couple of times I
felt like standing up and
yelling at him (the lawyer). If
I was her (Janice), I would
have walked out half-way
during the hearing and tell
them to forget it,’’ she
Snarls.

“Janice is a strong girl,”’
but you can tell she was
upset by the questions. She
told us again that ‘The
reason I’m goifg through
with it is I can prevent him
from raping another girl’.’’

How did Stan react? He
was able to control his
emotions, he says.

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“I was, and am still upset
that it is taking this long to
bring the case to trial. Who’s
to say how many girls have
been molested or raped
while these suspects are
released on bail?’’ (Janice’s

‘alleged attacker was released

on bail.)
ANGRY AT COURTS

‘Another reason I’m an-
gry at the courts is because
Janice’s past was brought up
at the preliminary hearing.
The prosecutor assured us
that nothing in her, past
would be part of the
evidence. Yet, when the
suspect’s lawyer brought up
the fact, among others, that
Janice was a previous run-
away,, the prosecutor just sat
there.”*

_ ‘The prosecutor had told
us that a person’s past had
nothing to do with whether
she was raped. Even prosti-
tutes can be raped too,’’ Stan
quotes the prosecutor as
telling them.

Perhaps the most distres-
sing point about the whole
thing, the father repeats is
the time it takes. “‘The guy
could be innocent too, and
should not be left waiting so
long to face the trauma of the
verdict. The idea of putting
away the guy who smokes
grass is fine with them, yet
they won’t speed up the
process to settle these (rape)
cases.

“If he is guilty, have him
convicted, and give him
proper psychiatric care if
necessary,’’the father sug-
gests, raising his voice.

QUESTIONS EXPECTED |

But Stan and Mary. have’

some more suggestions.
They say the prosecutor’s
office should help rape
victims prepare for the
hearing, for example, by
telling them what questions
they can expect. ‘“‘I had no
idea they were going to ask
Janice all those questions,”’
Mary says.

Stan advises parents:
‘‘The main thing is there is
no sense in gettinZ too
emotionally upset about it
when your child is raped.
What the father should do is
to keep the pressure on the
courts to get it over with.

‘*Even though the girl has
to go through that type of
thing, with all the embaras-
sing questions, I believe she
should press charges any
way. -

‘This protestant ethic that
you should remain a virgin
until you die or get married,
could easily upset parents
when their child is raped.
But remember that it’s also
the time that the girl will
need more affection and
understanding.”’

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Assault. on a West Van-
couver police officer earned a
young North Vancouver. man:
a fine of $250 or 10 days in
jail, in West Vancouver
provincial court last week

Brent Eschner, who gdve
his address as 312-912
Berkley Road, North Van-
couver, was convicted of
assaulting Const. Roy Green
during a noisy party March
30 at 1590 Gordon Avenue,
West Vancouver. -

- Const. Green testified that:
he and four other officers
went to the scene of the
disturbance at 12:30 a.m.
Green said he remained on
the street to protect the
police cars, while the other
officers went inside the
house.

After being ordered out of
the house, Eschner got into a
fight with Const. Green. The.
two exchanged blows and
wrestled to the ground.
Const. Green suffered cuts
on his nose and eyebrow, and
lost a tooth. Eschner was
eventually pulled off by other
police officers, handcuffed
and taken to jail.

Defence lawyer David
Paynter introduced _ test-

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