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Ibata Hexamer molested kids in Surrey, Delta and Vancouver
Guilty plea in 3 child sex assaults by Kevin Diakiw A VANCOUVER MAN has pleaded
guilty to sexual assaults involving children in Surrey, North Delta and Vancouver. Police arrested Ibata Noric Hexamer, 44, in December 2010 after they found his DNA at three crime scenes. He was charged with 23 counts relating to sexual assaults dating back 15 years. On Friday, he pleaded guilty to six counts – two sex assaults, two sex assaults with a weapon and two unlawful confinement. On Aug. 30, 2007, Hexamer approached two 14-year-old girls in Ibata Noric North Delta and Hexamer asked for directions. Producing a knife, he forced them into a wooded area and sexually assaulted them. On July 3, 2009, a six-year-old girl was out with her 12-year-old brother and friend near 62 Avenue and 139 Street in Surrey, when Hexamer grabbed the girl and walked her into a wooded area at knifepoint, telling the boys to follow or he would stab her. Hexamer then sexually assaulted the little girl. The Vancouver case dates back to April 1, 1995, when Hexamer approached a girl outside an elementary school. He pulled her to an outdoor stairwell where he sexually assaulted her. His sentencing is set for Oct. 9.
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Ring around the rider Surrey’s Ashley Gowanlock is a favourite to win a medal in equestrian dressage at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London later this month. See story on page 24.
Temple shooting mourned Hundreds in Surrey honour victims of Wisconsin Sikh gurdwara attack by Kevin Diakiw and Rick Kupchuk ABOUT 2,000 PEOPLE attended a candlelight vigil in Surrey Tuesday
night for the victims of a mass shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin on the weekend. The vigil, held at the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara at 7050 120 St., was organized to pray for the victims and their families, as well as for the man who shot and killed them.
On Sunday, U.S. Army veteran Wade Michael Page opened fire during a service at the temple in Oak Creek, killing six people before taking his own life. A peace prayer and candlelight vigil began at 6 p.m. at the Surrey gurdwara, with a message board set up in the Langar Hall (communal kitchen) where those attending expressed their feelings. The See SHOOTING / Page 3
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