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A NORTH Vancouver landlord Says he overheard his roommate

make threats about a former ” lover.

By Brent Mudry Contributing Writer

“He was quite upset — quite angry.” Lawrence Horobec told a B.C. Supreme Court jury Monday. “He said he was going to get the s.o.b.”

Horobec emerged as a ‘surprise witness in the first-degree murder trial of Dale Roger Paterson.

Paterson, 33, is charged with first- degree murder in connection with the death of 31-year-old Scott Kraft in Ikraft’s British Properties home in 1993.

-Horobec called police ast Tuesday, the day after the trial started.

'- “I heard about it (Kraft’s murder) a long time ago, in August of 1993... I did not think anything of it at the time,” Horobec testified. Crown’ prosecutor Joe Bellows claims Paterson, rejected, bitter and jealous, stalked Kraft, his ex-lover, _for several years before beating him with a baseball bat and then stran- gling him.

Horobec was the first of seven or

. eight witnesses to testify about, the relationship between the accused and the victim. ;

“You will hear of threats and

Sutherland teacher faces charges after

school outing

.DARYL SAMSON'S reputation in the “teaching. community was at issue dur- ing questioning ata sexual assault trial

on Monday. By Anna Marie D ‘Angelo News Reporter

about threat

assault incidents,” Mr. Justice Richard Low told the court.

He cautioned the jury that the evi- dence is solely to explore whether Paterson planned the death. which would support the charge of murder in the first degree.

Horobec told the jury that Paterson made several phone culls one night in November £992. The landlord, listening through the bed- room wall, claims Paterson called in sick at work. Paterson then allegedly called Kraft to break a date, saying he had to go to work.

“It struck me as quite odd.” Horobec recalled.

Paterson moved out later that month.

“He said he wanted to move to West Van to be closer to his lover” Horobec testified.

The landlord told the court that the move created an ugly scene.

“Dale got into a very violent urgu- ment with me ... there were a lot of threats... I told him never to come on my property again.”

Defence lawyer Sheldon Goldberg ” suggested it was Paterson who called West Vancouver Police to complain about Horobec's behavior. Goldberg suggested Horobec's rental ads said young gay men were welcome.

Horobec denied the claim.

“It said I was bisexual ... to screen people ... there are a lot of gay. bash- ers out there,” the witness testified.

_ The trial continues.

character of Mr. Samson.”

Muldoon objected to Nielsen “making a gratu- itous opinion.”

“Presumably, we are going.to hear a slur on Mr. Samson's reputa-

Rodgers said that may not: be the case and adjourned court so the lawyers could resolve their differences.

tion. said Muldoon with, Nielsen out-of the room.

: _ NEWS photo Mike Wakefleid

COMEDIAN DAVE Broadfoot paid a visit Monday to Ridgeway school. He attended the North Shore school in his younger

days.

had had a

been drinking.

She , testified that Samson said, "What hap-

' pens on the road stays on the road ind keeps going ’ down the road.”

‘She‘also testified that

“she heard Samson say

that “he had nothing to worry about because he vasectomy.” She “also testified that Samson told the alleged

i victine that she was pret- ty. ;

Schreck rejects budget criticism

From page 1 under control and have a-debt- reduction plan.”

He said the government's mea- sures meet two goals: protecting medicare and providing the invest- ments necessary to create jobs in the private sector.

He rejects criticisms of feel- good bookkeeping by his party.

Schreck said the finance minis- ter now reports surpluses or deficits

“on both taxpayer-supported and

Crown corporation and agency debt. :

He said the debt will increase because of continuing investments in roads and such programs as for- est renewal and Skills Now.

He added debt must be mea- sured against the size of B.C.’s economy, and hy that measure, debt levels are forecast to decrease from 19% to 10% in 20 years.

But Jarvis said the government is asking future generations to pay the debt “when most of the damage has been done by this ‘government over the last three years.’

Mitchell also criti ized the gov- ernment for missing an opportunity to kick-start a debt-reduction plan by selling Crown corporations like BC Rail, a profitable . North Vancouver-based. transportation company with $1.5 billion in assets. .

"Samson, 42. is currently suspended with “fall: pay from his Sutherland secondary teaching job in. North Vancouver. He is

~ charged with two counts of sexual touching

“and one count of sexual assault of a 17-year- “oid Sutherland secondary student on Nov. “19, 1993.

* Crown lawyer Gillian Parson was ques-

tioning Sutherland counsellor Kaia. Nielsen: ‘when the prosecutor asked about Samson's -

reputation. “Were you aware of Mr. Samson's repu-

~ tation in the teaching community?” Parson

asked. - : “Yes,” said Nielsen. 4 “Is that reputation inconsistent with the

allegations?” said Parson.

i ‘But Judge Bill Rodgers cut off the inter-

~ change before Nielsen could respond.

“I~ guess you want to object, Mr. “\Muldoon.”. said Rodgers to Samson’s lawyer, Don Muldoon.

. Parson claimed Muldoon had put his client’s reputation at issue when he cross-

examined: the alleged’ victim, of the sex

charges in January in the North Vancouver ~ provincial courtroom. Parson read a transcript of the proceed-,

“iings in’ which Muldoon had said that the

alleged incidents were “completely. out of

They agreed — that Nielsen. would not be asked questions about the teacher’s reputation if references 10° Samson's character and popularity as a teacher were dis garded in previous testimony.

‘Most of the testimony on Monday involved a Crown witness who was the alleged victiny's best friend. The witness and the alleged victim cannot be named by court order, ‘

The witness was one of the four people on a school outing who lay down on a hotel roorn bed in the wee hours of the night of the alleged sexual offences, Samson, the alleged victim, the witness and another man were on the bed.

The other man refused to cooperate with Crown and was not subpvenied as a witness.

with full pay.

according to Parson.

The Crown witness testified that the girls had two alcoholic drinks each with another adult that. afternoon on the school outing. one beer each when they first visited Samson's room at 8 p.m.. and no more than two beers each after 1:30 a.m. when the girls

“were invited to have pizza with the men.

The witness testified: that Samson. had

DARYL SAMSON ... Sutherland secondary teacher suspended |

The woman testified.

that she saw) Samson ‘ massage the back, feet and calves‘of the victim. “He pulled her jog- ging pants: up to” her knees.” she testified. The massage happened after the alleged victim had “cracked” the back of the ether man and then Samson's back on the bed. During cross-examination, Muldoon pointed out that Samson had told the group

of students attending the outing that they:

should not be consuming alcohol.

“Let's make iterystal clear to you the fact that he had a drinking problem,” said Muldoon.

At one point the ‘witness began to cry during Muldoon’s detailed questioning.

Muldoon said that Samson's subsequent apologies at school to the witness did not specify for what.

Samson could have apologized for all the alcohol consumption during the high school outing. he suggested.

Samson is a former Whitecaps soccer player. In the crowded court gallery were former soccer chums including Bob Lenarduzzs along withithe alleged victim’s family and friends.

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