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Life for
liquor
stabbing

NEW WESTMINSTER,
B.c. (CP) — Richard
Magiera, 19, of New
Westminster was con-
victed Wednesday of
second-degree murder
and sentenced to life
imprisonment. ;

The British Columbia
Supreme Court jury
deliberated for 412 hours
before fending Magiera
guilty of the Feb. 10, 1977,
stabbing death of Alex
Sol, 76.

Under provisions of the
Criminal Code, Magiera
will not be eligible to
apply for parole for 10
years.

Asked by Mr. Justice J.
A. McDonald if he wished
to make a_ statement
Magiera said: “I don’t
think justice was done in
this court room today. I
am going to appeal it.”’

The Crown said that
Magiera fatally stabbed
Sol after being in-
terrupted while stealing a
television set from the
man’s New Westminster
home.

ACCUSED TOO DRUNK

Defence counsel Jack
Harris argued that the
jury should find Magiera
guilty of manslaughter

ause on the night of
the killing Magiera had
been so drunk he was
unable to form the intent
to commit an illegal act.

Testimony during the
trial indicated Magiera
had drunk at least two
cases of beer and half a
botle of rum the af-
ternoon and evening of
Feb. 10.

Sol was discovered
dead from multiple stab
wounds in the kitchen of
his home about noon Feb.
ll.
Testimony from
Magiera’s sister, from a
family friend and from
psychiatrist Dr. Derek
Eaves indicated that
Magier

had had a severe
drinking problem since
he was 15.

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The dispute arose in

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The compromise calls
for abortion payments health authorities and in
when a woman might die cases where‘two doctors

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by going through a full certify that a woman

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foreement or public- because of a pregnancy.

Right now, a fleet of new police breathalyzer
vans is prowling the streets and roads of
British Columbia. .
These new vans will greatly assist police in
the fight against drinking drivers.
They'll be on duty all year ‘round. All over B.C.
The way the breath alcohol units work is

simple. And very
effective.
Remember
that police officers
are extremely
adept at spotting
impaired drivers.
There are

British Columbia has the worst
drinking-driving record in Canada.
Fifty percent of all drivers killed are
legally impaired. Every year, over 300
lives are lost. And many more in-
dividuals are disfigured, disabled or
crippled. Every year, drinking-driving
accidents cost us, the taxpayers of
B.C., millions and millions of dollars.
Something simply has to be done. And
it has to be done by responsible,
socially-conscious citizens.

Your sense of social responsibility
is one of the first things alcohol
affects. Drinking drivers simply don’t
care. Alcohol is a drug with subtle and
varied effects on the mind and body,
and is dangerous because so few
people actually understand it.

For instance, one drink, combined
with some types of medicines, can
cause impairment five times greater
than just one drink alone.

Alcohol also distorts eye focus by
relaxing certain eye muscles. It affects
a driver's ability to judge distance,
distinguish colour, and to see potential
dangers to either side of the car,
through a phenomenon known as
tunnel vision.

With a drinking driver's sense of
responsible action reduced, his vision
clouded, and a lethal weapon like a
car barely under his control —just how
much chance do you, the responsible
citizen, have to avoid an accident?

The odds are
not on your side.

Statistics show
that if you're driving
between the hours of
midnight and 3 a.m.,
one out of every three
drivers that approach you
on the road has been drinking.

DRINKIN

°S WHY.

And as many as one out of every
10 is drunk.

What constitutes drunk? In Canada
the legal definition of impairment is a
blood/alcohol reading of over .O8%.
That means the proportion of alcohol
is over 80 milligrams of alcohol in
100 millilitres of blood. A person’s size,
weight, emotional state, metabolism
and number of drinks consumed over
a period of time determine how
quickly the legal limit is reached. Bear
in mind that a person with a BAC
{blood/alcoho! content) of .08Y will
not necessarily feel drunk. Or
even giddy.

But his vision, reaction time and
sense of social responsibility are
seriously affected.

And the facts are that drinking
drivers simply do not sober up that
easily. Black coffee will not help. Nor a
cold shower. 95% of the alcohol in the
system is eliminated through the liver.
And that takes considerable time.

So what can we do? We've got to
be more socially responsible. All of us.

HERE'S HOW YOU CAN HELP COUNTERATTACK
THE DRINKING-DRIVING MENACE.

When going to a party or out for
an evening—plan ahead. Flip a coin,

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L TESTING MOBILEUNIT.

all sorts of clues. And once a suspected driver is
stopped, he or she can now be asked to take a
breathalyzer test immediately in a mobile unit.
If anyone refuses, a criminal charge will result.

_ Ablood/alcohol reading over .08% means a
driver is legally impaired. Conviction means a
criminal record. Three months or more without a
driver’s licence. A fine of up to
$2,000, or even jail. Just for a first
offence. Penalties for second

. your area. For more information on,

offences are even more severe.

Sound tough? For
drinking drivers, it’s going
to be tough.

or in some way arrange for the driver
not to drink. Consider the cost of a cab
or bus fare as a necessary expense for
the evening. Remember, it isn't an
offence to be an impaired passenger!
If you are the host or organizer of a
home or office:party—plan ahead. Be
responsible for getting your guests
home safely.

If you see a car weaving down the
road, facing over the double line or
otherwise indicating the driver might
be impaired...get to a phone. Call
the police.

In addition to these individual
actions, you can do something else...

GET INVOLVED IN YOUR COMMUNITY,

We are facing an awesome
challenge here in B.C. To change our
personal and collective behaviour and
attitudes toward drinking-driving is
no simple task.

But nothing less than an all-out
commitment at the community level
will work if we are to protect ourselves
and our loved ones from the menace
of drinking and driving.

/ strongly urge you to join with
your neighbours in organizing Drinking
Driving CounterAttack activities in

what you as an individual, or as a
group, can do, simply write:
DRINKING DRIVING
COUNTERATTACK,

411 Dunsmuir Street,
Vancouver, B.C.

V6B 1X4

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Garde B. Gardom,
Attorney-General

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