“A2- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 19, 2003 | . Assault victim suffered ‘major injuries, court told : By SARAH A. : ZIMMERMAN - THREE teenaged boys ac- ‘ cused of taking part in the ' gang beating of a young } Terrace man last year will ' have lo wait until April to - hear the judge’s decision | in their case. ' The three boys were on ‘ trial Feb. 10-13, accused of aggravated assault : against 19-year-old Justin : Galloway at an April 2002 * bush party. Galloway was swarmed, kicked in the head and punched at a party near the pipeline at the end of Paquette Ave. in Thornhill, the court was told, He was beaten so badly : his jaw was broken in two : places, a metal plate was : surgically placed in his ' chin and his mouth was ; wired shut for more than ‘ two months, testified Dr, : Nancy Van Laeken, the : plastic surgeon who opera- - ted on Galloway after the attack, The doctor testified it would take a significant blow to the face to sulfer these types of injuries. “Would this be consis- ‘ tent with having his. face ; Stomped on?” Crown : counsel Rita Kis asked the * doctor. : “It would be consistent, > yes,” Dr. Van Laeken re- + plied. ; » The three boys sat ' through four days of wit- : ness testimony — mostly ee ee eden eee ces wne : from teenagers at the party - ¢ « when the attack happened. None of the accused or named because they were all minors at the time a the beatings 0 7 ne ae ne said they were sober or : had only consumed one or » two drinks that night: - others testified they could - not clearly remember. spe- cifics of the assault be- ‘ cause they were. so im- paired. 0.0 op sa.: fied she consumed seven i One ‘teenaged girl testis *- coolers in the the span of. one hour that night. ; Another teen testified ‘she was under the influ- = ence of marijuana, alco- “hol, hallucinogenic magic mushrooms and had self- administered GHB - also known as the date rape drug — that evening, court heard, Each of the three boys had their own defence lawyers, all of whom dis- counted the credibility of . many of the witnesses who «named (heir clients as tak- = ing part in the beating. One witness in particu- . lar, drew the criticism of = defence attorney Steven > Merrick who said he -was floared by the contradic- tory nature of the bay’s statements. The boy testified. he witnessed Merrick’s client - punch Justin Galloway be- peras- et. * eT ah Par the witnesses can be Though some witnesses : “] was so nervous and s- -- [ started talking about another thing and it all gat jumbled up,” he testified. “It was too much for one day ~ | never scen someone pet beat up so bad.” ; He said that nervous. ness is why his story changed from the inilial police statement to the preliminary inquiry to the testimony he gave at last week’s trial, The boy was visibly nervous on the witness stand and uncomfortable giving his testimony in front of the three accused and their many supporters in the gallery. During breaks from the trial that same witness was mocked and stared down by other teens attending the trial as well as one of the accused. Provincial court justice William Jack said Feb. 13 he needed time to consider all the evidence and the submissions by the Crown and defence lawyers be- fore making a decision. “This matler that. oc- curred fast year in April at ‘the pipeline’ was “a very disturbing, serious, rumble- swarm of Mr. Justin Gallo- way,” he said. “He suffered serious in- juries. It was not a fight he was involved in — he was ganged up on and he was beat.” , He called the melee meaningless and said the matter is to be taken very seriously. Dodge Ram Quad Cab SLT 4x4 This Package Includes: Gov't zeroes in on timber - By JEFF NAGEL _ THE PROVINCE is moving to take back unused tim- ber from New Skeena Forest Products. At stake is 2.7 million cubic metres of timber predecessor Skeena Cellulose was supposed to cut but didn’t from 1997 to 2002. Forests ministry. officials on Jan, 10 gave the com- . pany 30 days to come up with reasons why Victoria shouldn’t redistribute the undercut to other processors. New Skeena responded by-the deadline, and mini- stry officials say they’re studying the response, Company president Dan Veniez has proposed to let contractors dramatically increase logging here by Iet- ting them cut the company's full annual cut plus catch up.on_the undercut, He has said they. could. in- dependently sell surplus timber not needed at New Skeena_ mills. , Records show Skeena cut only half to three-quar- ters of what is should have on five of its licences since 1997 — a period in which the firm was. in-crisis, fighting off two near-bankruptcies while successive provincial governments strugeled to sell it off. Cut control rules require a company to log within 10 per cent of its total allotment over a five-year cut control period or face penalties. Those penalties, which the ministry is also pursuing, could create a permanent reduction in New Skeena's allowable an- nual cut. Penalties can vary widely -- anywhere from ‘zero to up to the full amount of an undercut. Taken to the maximum, the company could lose much or all of the volume it’s allowed to cut in all-of its licences each year. “That’s the tool we have — if you don’t use it you lose it,” said Skeena MLA Roger Harris, who applau- ded the minisiry’s move. “I’m hoping the fibre does end up in the hands of government and we can use it as a real dynamic economic stimulant,” he added. Both the potential redistribution of the undercut and possibic permanent cuts to New Skeena’s logging rights are further complicated by aboriginal court challenges, The.Gitanyow, Gitxsan-and a. Tsimshian band that challenged the transfer of forest licences to ‘the new owners got a court order late last year requir- ing Victoria accommodate their interests. Harris said the timber taken from New Skeena ‘could deal with aboriginal demands and help employ nalive people. The province has already taken similar steps in two recent cases on Vancouver Island. Aboriginal groups there are being offered timber licences total- ling 565,000 cubic metres taken from the undercut of Weyerhaeuser and other producers. 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