Courts

Hit and run driver impaired, judge rules

A North Saanich man who
struck a relative’s car while driv-
ing home was found guilty of
impaired driving in Sidney provin-
cial court Thursday.

The decision will cost Russell
David Henry, 48, his job as a
backhoe operator, defence lawyer
Richard Schwartz said. Henry sup-
ports himself, his wife and eight
children through the job.

Witnesses testified that Henry’s
vehicle struck another car parked
on West Saanich Road about 10
p.m. March 10. One witness fol-

lowed Henry to his home and took
his keys, testifying that Henry was
intoxicated and should not have
been driving.

RCMP Cst. Lloyd Gauthier tes-
tified that Henry admitted that
night having too much to drink
before the accident. Henry also
told police that night he had noth-
ing to drink between the time of
the accident and when police
arrived.

However, Henry testified he had
only two bottles of beer before the
accident and several drinks after

the accident.

Schwartz said Henry recognized
the car he had struck and had
driven to his nearby home to call
police.

Judge Ralph Hudson ruled
Henry was impaired the night of
the accident, accepting the evi-
dence by Gauthier and two civilian
witnesses.

He fined Henry $300 for
impaired driving and $100 for
failing to stop at the scene of an
accident. He also suspended
Henry’s driver’s licence for a year.

Longhouse program judged part of sentence

Forced participation in the long-
house program on the Tsawout
Reserve was part of the penalty
after a 16-year-old Saanichton
youth joined in a break-in, then
shoplifted cigarettes last Novem-
ber, Judge Ralph Hudson said in
Sidney provincial court Thursday.

The youth pleaded guilty to the
Nov. 13 break-in at the Glen
Meadows Golf and Country Club
on McTavish Road and to taking a
carton of cigarettes Nov. 30 from
Thrifty Foods in Sidney.

Crown counsel Leslie Giles said
two cases of beer, a keg of beer and
eight or nine 26-ounce bottles of
liquor were taken from the country
club during the overnight break-in.
Thieves gained entry through a
broken basement window.

When questioned by police two
days later, the youth admitted par-
ticipation in the break-in. The
alcohol was consumed at a party,
Giles said.

The cigarettes were taken from
Thrifty Foods at about 3:45 p.m.
when the youth was in the store
shopping with his grandmother.
An assistant manager saw the
youth hide the cigarettes in his

Shady theft gets
triple-time fine

A youth who lifted a pair from
sunglasses from a local drugstore
was fined more than triple the cost
of the glasses in Sidney provincial
court Thursday.

Crown counsel Leslie Giles said
the 16-year-old North Saanich
youth took the $14.99 sunglasses
from a rack in the Sidney Shop-

. per’s Drug Mart shortly after 3

p.m. July 19.

A store security officer saw the
youth drop the price tag from the
glasses on the floor and leave
without paying, Giles said.

= Stopped outside the store, the

youth returned the glasses. He
pleaded guilty in court.

Giles said the youth has a previ-
ous record.

A probation officer said the
young man is dealing with a
difficult family situation and has
remained in voluntary contact with
the probation department.

Defence lawyer Richard
Schwartz recommended a fine
since the youth has a part-time job

_ and earns $125 a week.

Judge Ralph Hudson fined the
youth $50.

jacket and walk out of the store,
Giles said.

As a result of both incidents the
youth was taken into the longhouse
program on the Tsawout Reserve,
defence lawyer Richard Schwartz
said.

When a youth is taken into the
program, participation is not vol-
untary, Schwartz added. During
the two-month program the youth
lived at the longhouse, received
Spiritual instruction and was

Business break-ins
on Bowerbank Rd.

Stolen items were recovered by
police after two businesses on
Bowerbank Road in Sidney were
broken into sometime during the
late evening of Aug. 30, Sidney
RCMP said.

A facsimile machine and an
answering machine were taken
from the Gulf and Western
Groundfish premises in the 10200-
block Bowerbank.

Police said those articles were
later recovered in the area and
were retumed to the owner.

The West Wind Hardwood shop
was also entered that evening.
Nothing was taken but attempts
were made to enter the safe.

RCMP are still investigating and
request persons with information
about this crime to call CrimeS-
toppers or police.

Impaired driver
in accident —

Sidney RCMP charged an

Abbotsford man with impaired
driving following a three-vehicle
rear-end accident on the Pat Bay
Highway at McTavish Road, about
4 p.m. Sept. 2.

Baldev Singh Seikhon was
found to be driving a 1983 Olds-
mobile northbound on the high-
way when his car hit a 1985
Honda, forcing it into a 1989
Chevrolet.

Police said two people were
treated for injuries that were not
serious.

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Testricted to program activities.

The youth has since graduated
from the program but will be
involved in longhouse activities
over the winter.

When both offences occurred,
Schwartz said the youth was not
living at home and had been
drinking. One of the youths
involved in the break-in has since
committed suicide, Schwartz
added.

Judge Ralph Hudson said he
accepted the youth’s participation
in the longhouse program as part
of the sentence resulting from the
offence.

He placed the youth on proba-
tion for nine months and ordered
him to do 50 hours community
work service.

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