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No parole for 13 years for Surrey roommate killer Lester Oseguera convicted in José Luna’s murder by Sheila Reynolds CONVICTED MURDERER Lester
Olivia Buezo Oseguera will have to wait 13 years before he can apply for parole. In May, a 12-member jury found him guilty of several weapons charges and second-degree murder, a conviction that carries a mandatory life sentence. On Thursday (June 14), B.C. Supreme Court Justice Catherine Wedge set Oseguera’s parole eligibility at 13 years. He also faces a lifetime firearms ban. Crown prosecutors had asked that Oseguera not be allowed to José Luna apply for parole for 15 to 20 years. It was nearly two years ago that Oseguera, 30, shot and killed his housemate José Hector Luna Morales (José Luna). During a lengthy trial that began in April, the jury heard that Oseguera was high on cocaine when he first shot at another roommate’s friend – missing her – before turning the gun toward 28-year-old Luna and firing the fatal shot.
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A whale of a walk
Tayah Takasaki, 11, gets ‘bitten’ by Vancouver Canucks mascot Fin at the annual Gutsy Walk held at Bear Creek Park on Sunday, June 10. The event is a fundraiser for The Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada.
SCC maps out new future Surrey Civic Coalition launches forums to help prepare for 2014 election by Kevin Diakiw SURREY COUNCIL’S unelected opposition is already mapping plans
for the 2014 municipal election, and will launch a series of public forums starting this month. The Surrey Civic Coalition (SCC) was shut out from council and won only one seat on the Surrey Board of Education during the 2011 civic election, which saw Mayor Dianne Watts and her Surrey First team sweep council.
To help set its new direction going forward, the SCC is holding a public forum called Transit Matters on June 26 at the City Centre Library. The event is a kick-off for the reinvention of the left-leaning party. Panelists for Transit Matters include Steve Burke (Surrey Citizens Transportation Initiative), Gavin Davies (VP Canadian Auto Workers), Balbir Mann (Canadian Auto Workers), and Harry Bains, NDP MLA for Surrey-Newton.
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