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REVIEW FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2012
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Accused rioter denies charges, been threatened Kathleen Brownell, 25, charged with rioting, mischief and breaking and entering by Martin van den Hemel Staff Reporter
Martin van den Hemel photo Erica Seifert-Anderson, her mom Nadine, and brothers Liam (left) and Ryan, were overjoyed when their budgie Cutie was found after being lost in the wilds of Richmond for several days earlier this month.
Cutie flies the coop, but ad reunites him with family Out in the wild for four days, pet budgie survives damp, cold and predators
by Martin van den Hemel Staff Reporter A little thinner, but no worse for wear, Cutie the blue budgie is back at home after a week-long absence that left his young owners in tears, reunited thanks to a classified ad in The Richmond Review. Now Cutie’s Steveston owners are
marveling at how he managed to survive the cold and rain, not to mention the predators of the four-legged and avian varieties lurking all around Richmond. Cutie’s adventure began on Wednesday, June 6, while Nadine Seifert was out of town, and her mother was caring for the family’s flying pet. See Page 6
A woman recently charged in connection with the Stanley Cup riot in Downtown Vancouver last year, said she’s received death threats since discovering in The Richmond Review she’d been charged. Kathleen Brownell, 25, said she had no idea she’d been charged. “I am very upset that my myspace (account) is linked on your website, and I’m getting threats because of it,” Brownell said. “You’ve linked it on your website...and I’ve got several death threats because of it. It’s very upsetting.” Brownell read the story in last Friday’s edition of The Review, but said she hasn’t been told by police or Crown counsel that she’s been charged. “I’m finding out I’m charged in the newspaper? No one’s talked to me. No one’s called me.” She’s received six threats of injury or death either through her personal e-mail account, or via her myspace.com account. “I was called and told they were looking for me, and I turned myself in,” Brownell said of her arrest by the Integrated Riot Investigation Team last March. On that June 15, 2011 night, Brownell was in Downtown Vancouver, and the last thing she remembers was standing in front of the Bank of Montreal, the presence of police officers, and “a line that was being pushed back and forth.” “I saw people being escorted through the back, so I went down to try and get escorted through as well. I turned around to look at something, and the next thing I remember is being hit over the back of the head with a club, and being yelled at by a police officer who said ‘You shouldn’t even be here.’” She said she told the officer she was just trying to go home. She recalls standing amidst a group of people with their arms crossed, and just silently watching what was transpiring. The next morning, she awoke with a giant lump on her head. Brownell said she hadn’t been drinking that night, and was by herself. After being struck over the head, Brownell doesn’t have any more recollection of that night—aside from “small bits and pieces”—and presumes she got home via the SkyTrain. See Page 6
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