Stefan W. Paulson, 25, of Vancouver was: granted a conditional discharge, placed on one year’s probation and ordered to pay $310 restit- ution Tuesday after his conviction. last week of assault causing - bodily harm

es to a Coach House Motor Inn senscasze REESE: : manager using ‘‘excessive force.’’ .

Sentencing in the assault conviction was delayed untii yesterday to await a report from the Worker’s Compen-

Board on iniuries

received by manager Ivor Kidds in the incident last

September.

North Vancouver provin-. cial court Judge Nancy Morrison ruled that there was conflicting evidence as ‘to who started the fight.

However, after hearing evidence from the accused and two defence witnesses

impressed by the evidence of _all three, and am prepared to accept the evidence that-the initial contact was made by Kidds.””

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Judge Morrison said: ‘‘I am.

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In his testimony said that shortiy after 1 a.m. September 23 he was trying te retrieve some drinking glasses from Paulson and a lady companion, both who were leaving when _ the

accused began hitting, knee- ‘ing and kicking him.

The defence witnesses, who were with Paulson on the night of the incident, said

that Kidds had been hurling verbal obscenities at Paul-

sen, and then followed their

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friend outside before punch- ing him in the nose.

_ They added that Paulson with a bleeding nose, retali-

ated, injuring Kidds.

Although Judge Morrison accepted their statments as to who started the brawl, she found it incredible that none of them (including Paulson) remembered where they had been, or whether or not they had been drinking before arriving at the Coach House,

considering a major fight.

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