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& LOCAL man wants com-
pensation after walting just
over two years for his day in
court on a charge of sexual
‘assault.

: The charge, laid in Febru-
ary 1997, was stayed just
days before Gerry King was
bo face trial May 17.

« A second charge relating
Jo a sexual act was dis-
dnissed alter a preliminary
hearing last Oclober.

~ King, who plans to press
his claim to the attomey-
gencral’s ministry, says he’s
been denicd a chance to
‘prove his innocence.

“I was cheated oul of my
day in court,’' says King,
“IVs an assassination of
character, People think that
Where’s there’s”— smoke,
there’s fire.”’

“The mere fact of being
charged i in a lot of people's
eyes is being guilly.”’

‘ The stay of proceedings
on the second charge was
entered’ by the local crown
counscl’s office on May 14.
: A charge can be brought
back within a year after
being stayed, bul that is
fare occurrence.

; Even having the charge
flayed and not dismissed
butright angers King,

. “It’s something that will
be hanging over my head
for the next year,” he said.
‘The charges stemmed
from a sexual encounter
with: an adult woman in
February 1997,

: King was dismissed from
his job as an advocate with
the Terrace Anti Poverty
Group Society after the
charges were Jaid. He now
wanis that job back.

Phone
rates
jump

B.C. TEL IS raising Wor

ness rates in Terrace once
more to reflect the cost of
providing service, says com-
pany spokesman Doug
Strachan.

As of June 1, business
owners with a single line
faced an increase from
$36.26 to $39.86 a month.

Businesses that have the
multi-line service face more
severe price hikes per
month. Small business lines
at $49.76 a month and stan-
dard business lincs al
$52.31 a month are now
$54.71 each,

Strachan said even with
the price hikes Terrace
businesses are paying less
then Vancouverites are.

This new plan will lower
urban rates because of com-
petition, Strachan said, and
the rural price hikes are to
bring costs closer to the
price of providing the ser-
vice.

**With the rate increase it
will stimulate competition
in an arca,”’ Strachan said.
He also added that the
ullimate goal is to have
competition in every arca so
that residents can get the
best services for the lowest
prices.

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King says the society dis-
missed him because it sald
the woman was a client of
his,

But King says he knew the
woman socially but not
through his work and that
she never was a client.

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area,’’ King said.

He said he tured down a
severance package offer as
‘if I did that, that would be
an admission of guilt,"’

King did acknowledge
that two altempts through
the Human Rights Commis-
sion lo get his job back have
failed, but he says. investig-
ators there didn*t have the

Man wants compensation
and old job back now that
Sex charge has been stayed

right amount of information.

King worked for the anti-
poverty group society for 15
years and has now set up his
own poverty advocacy of-
fice called Skeena Anti-
Poverty.

“This is my thing,’’ said
King of bis work which has
been aided by contributions
and donations,

anne le

The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 23 1999 - A7

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