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Darryl

months. in jail. Friday for’ ~
minal negligence causing

death in connection with a fatal

r rafting accident on
mkalum River,

3-year-old Terrace man
riend Dwayne Turner

: drowned, when the inner tube
Me the four’ were riding flipped.in a

on the river, Bjorgaard
‘other girl — Jasmin

‘County court Judge William

- B. Scarth’ called Bijorgaard's

"failure ‘to : ‘provide life jackets

and safety. equipment, or scout
the ‘river before leading the
“group downstream ‘‘a senseless
act .of sheer stupidity.”

: “He: “took” this. young girl
down the river on a glorified toy
with’) no regard for her safety,”
Scarth: noted... Bjorgaard’s
carelessness demonstrated

Assault

draws |

_ prison
- period

"TERRACE —_ An Aiyansh man
“who assaulted his wife and held

‘her. at. gunpoint has been

_ ‘sentenced. to: four years in
prison.

.. Atthur Edwin Guno pleaded
“guilty June 4 to charges of

assault, assault causing bodily

“harm, possession of a weapon
- dangerous to the public peace.

The attacks took place when

~-Guno returned to the family’s
‘home.in Aiyansh late at night

May 21 following a drinking

‘spree,

court was told. He

_ assaulted his wife and repeated-
“ly pointed a rifle at her arid

threatened to shoot her. -

- Circumstances" related” at
“Guno? 5 sentencing indicate the

- -couple’s two young children

were present throughout the in-
cident. The court was told Guno

: “at one point aimed the gun al
his wife and encouraged his

four-year-old.son to pull the
trigger and kill his mother.
He then assaulted his son and

held him by his heels over the
basement, stairwell. Guno’s wife

eventually escaped and sought
police, ‘the Crown prosecutor

said. :

Guna was taken into custody

. ‘and pleaded guilty to the acts.

: “Judge ‘E,: Lloyd Iverson also

: prohibited Guno from possess-

‘ing’ fi rearms when he is released

Ray Hall

~ New job |

‘TERRACE — Terrace’s senior

°. }prosecutor has been romated

to serve. as regional Crown

. -‘eounsel for northern B.C.

\

4 ‘Ray: Hall: goes. to Prince
: George to take over the regional

- office there and oversee all pro-
‘igecutions across the northern

‘half of the province.
treplaces Peter Ewert, who will

“le: working on native justice.

en ‘proposal’ and environmental

‘law in- Victoria.

‘He

‘ ‘Hall hag served in Terrace for ©

Be wow te ae

; negligence, he added, but there

was .no criminal intent on his
part to. cause the deaths.
‘Neither vengeance nor
retribution, therefore, “should
be a factor on sentencing,’ he
said. ‘*] accept that he is truly.
sorry for what he did. And Lam -
further ‘satisfied that this’ will”
never happen again.”

In passing ‘sentence, Scarth:
accepted ‘Crown counsel Laurie
Langford's ‘submission that a
jail term was necessary to send a
message-to others.

“Jf people. are prepared to

_ embark on these: sorts of river

expeditions,’ “Langford said,

“a strong message should be:

sent that protective devices are
required to protect the lives of

_the participants.”

She pointed to negligence
cases. in which passengers are
killed by impaired drivers. ‘‘The
accused is usually just out to
have a good time,’’ she: said.
“But the tragic results remain.
In this case a 15-year-old girl is

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ste ‘noted plorgaard didn't
help with the search after escap-
ing frort thé river and later tried.
‘to blame: Turner, “It was the
total’ 'thoughtlessness. and
-willfull. blindness: of his acts ‘on
the Léth’ of: August, : ‘1988 that
make his actions criminal,”

‘The. Crown had called for a
jail term of 15 to 18 months,

Defence. lawyer Douglas
Halfyard noted the court case
has been: hanging -over
Bjorgaard’s head for 2 months
now, |

: He said the case is an example
of the-fine'line between an acci-
dent and criminal negligence.
Halfyard maintained that a jail
term wasn’t necessary as a
deterrence in this case and call-
ed for a suspended sentence.

. Speaking before his sentence
was read, Bjorgaard said he is
deeply sorry about the incident.

““If there was anything I
could do to bring her- back I
would,’’ he said. “‘I haven't

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