A2- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 29, 2003 . Www. iawkair.ca ep mucrch and food por pogo an gets five years eae. Let Ro efor cok ord ya nomena | rrminesenes SKEENA VALLEY FALL By SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN in the face. On another occasion he wit- onc atone o> me FAIRS ASSOCIATION THE MAN who kicked 44-year-old Lorne _ nessed Debra Walker punch Lorne Lupick Call yourlocaltravel agent | - [sss \ od : Lupick to death tast year will spend the next four and a half years in prison, a pro- vincial court judge has ordered. Shawn Murray Walker, who turns 20 next week, was actually sentenced to five years, but six months is being deducted for time already spent in jail. Provincial court judge Ed de Walle said a conditional sentence, as suggested by Walker's defence lawyer, would not he appropriate given the circumstances of the events of March 2, 2002. “This is not a case of carelessness or accidental killing,” de Walle said. Lupick, the boyfriend of Walker's mother, Debra, was kicked and stomped to death by Walker in the parking lot of the Keystone apartments on Scott Ave. after a night of heavy drinking at his mother’s apartment. Around 2 am, an argument erupted between Debra Walker and Lupick when he tried to leave the apartment, court heard. What happened between that argu- ment and Lupick’s eventual. beating is not clear as there were no independent wit- nesses leading up to the attack, court heard, Police were called to the gravel park- ing lot behind the apartment building shortly after 2 a.m. after witnesses saw Shawn Walker jumping up and down on Lupick’s head and kicking him repeated- ly. Lupick was intoxicated, unconscious and unable to protect himself, De Walle told the court it wasn’t the first time: Lupick had been assaulted when trying to leave his girlfriend’s place. “On one occasion [apartment manager James] Devaney witnessed an incident where Debra Walker kicked Lorne Lupick in the head while he was trying to leave the apartment,” de Walle told the court. Shawn Walker was known to intervene in these fights, he added, Lupick was transported to Mills Memorial Hospital and died of massive head injuries at 9:16 a.m. March 2, 2002. De Walle said aggravating circum- stance he considered in determining a sentence included the ‘‘brutal violence involved in this killing,” the victim's in- abilily to protect himself, a lack of re- morse shown by Shawn Walker, his ongo- ing issues with alcohol and his breach of his bail conditions in the summer of 2003. He also said-he had to consider Walk- er’s aboriginal background in determining an appropriate sentence, “There is no suggestion that unique systemic or background factors played any part in bringing this accused before the court,” de Walle said. “Nevertheless the fact remains that the accused is an aboriginal person and I consider that fact when determining a fit and proper sentence.” Walker was jailed the night of Lu- pick’s death and released on bail three months later. He was given double credit for that time served. Walker was also sentenced to 30 days each for two charges stemming from the breach of his bail conditions in Aug, 2003 which are to be served concurrently to each other and the sentence for mans- laughter. Walker will also have to supply a sample for the purpose of DNA analysis. He was also given a 10-year weapons prohibition to begin after he is released from jail, Walker was taken into custody immediately after the sentencing. Woman is grateful killer was sent to jail By SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN THE ex-wife of a slain Terrace man says she’s grateful his killer was not permitted 10 serve his sentence in the community. Shawn Murray Walker was sentenced to five years in jail Oct. 23 after pleading guilty to the beating death of 44-year-old Lorne Lupick. Lupick died of massive head injuries March 2, 2002. Walkers’s defence lawyer had asked the court for a conditional sentence on ihe young man, which would have seen his time served in the community. “[ think the prosecutors tried their best thing, five. years.is. better;, than. a.condi- .... tional sentence,” says Kathy Leuze, who lives in Kitimat with her and Lupick’s four children Trevor, 18, Suzanne, 15, Mitch, 14, and Katie, 10. “T wouldn’t say that I think five years is enough — if that’s all the value that so- ciely puts on a life, I think that’s pretty sad,” Lupick and Leuze divorced a few From front Health workers BCGEU workers at Bulkley Lodge, the extended care facility in Smithers, decid- ed not to take a vole, she added. The BCGEU represents about 300 of the 2,800 workers across the north the Northern Health Authority has targeted for wage and benefit cuts to ease its budget deficit. Anderson said the deal agreed to by years before his death. She says her children have had a difficult time dealing with the loss of their father. Leuze and her children attended court throughout the sentencing hearing earlier this month and she says she doesn’t be- lieve Walker is sorry for the crime he committed. “You know what I found really hard yesterday?” she says of the Oct. 23 sen- tencing. “He had a chance to say that and he looked back at us and turned away and said ‘no.”” Provincial court judge Ed de Walle gave. Walker an‘opportunity, to make a ~ statement in the courtroom: before ‘hand- ing down his sentence but he declined. ~ “T don’t see any real remorse — he’s had plenty of opportunity to say someth- ing and to me, that would have made the whole difference,” said Leuze. Walker’s lack of remorse or insight into his actions were among aggravating | circumstances de Walle cited before sen- tencing. a reject pay cuts Terraceview Lodge workers is good until the end of next March. 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