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Murder trial recalls fatal run-in at party Kathy Michaels STAFF REPORTER
Ashlee Hyatt’s accused killer was portrayed by her defence lawyer Monday as a new girl trying to find her place among tight-knit partying peers, when things went terribly awry. On day two of the 18-year-old’s second degree murder and assault causing bodily harm trial, defence lawyers attempted to take the focus off the accused, and put some of it on one of the alleged victims who took the stand Monday. The now 20-year-old alleged victim of assault was called to the stand to speak about events of June 2, 2010, that ended with her sustaining a knife gash in one of her arms, cuts to her hands and scratches to her face. She testified she was attacked after Hyatt had already been fatally wounded, unaware of how things had gone so wrong or that anything had happened to her long-time friend at all. She recalled that the night started when she and four other friends, including the accused, had gone four-byfouring in the Glenrosa area. The alleged victim, the accused and another teenage girl drank freely from a bottle of Wiser’s whiskey, and two boys they were with drank beer. That lasted until just after 6 p.m. when they all decided to go to their San Clemente Avenue house to continue partying. Upon arrival, they met up with her younger sister and Hyatt. “Everyone’s behaviour was good,” she told the jury, noting she and the carload who went in tow, were feeling the effects of the drinks they’d been into, while her sister and Hyatt weren’t drinking at all. And, while things started well-enough, conflict erupted when the accused kissed a boy at the party. An argument was sparked, and it ultimately moved outside of the house onto the street, when a friend of the alleged victim’s mother went to the house to put a stop to the party. “I ran inside and started cleaning,” she told the jury. “I’m not supposed to have people over.” From there, her memories were vague as she was admittedly “pretty drunk,” but she remembers gathering her purse and going outside. “I saw (the accused) standing (in the street) with a knife in her hands,” she said, See Fatal A4
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EARLY START TO TRICK OR TREATING…Checking out one of the pumpkins at the Spooktacular Halloween Pumpkin Walk held Sunday at the Gellatly Nut Farm Regional Park were Emma (left) and Rachel Ross. Hundreds of residents walked the trails of the park and voted for their favourite pumpkins. On Saturday, the Mission Shopping Centre stores held their Halloween festivities with Chela Twack, an employee of the Freeride Board Shop, among those handing out candy to trick-or-treaters Nolan and Ivy Jensen. That’s the Capital News mascot Newsie behind the Jensen siblings.
Therapeutic farm seeks covered riding ring Wade Paterson STAFF REPORTER
A covered riding ring is at the top of the Christmas wishlist for Arion Therapeutic Farm and its
hundreds of clients. Until now, the farm has used a barn next door, donated by Okanagan Equine Veterinary Services, for riding during the winter.
But using that facility has posed problems. The horses can’t be left at the barn so volunteers are required to walk the horses back and forth during winter conditions.
“It’s a good 20 minutes there in ice, snow, wind and nasty conditions. It’s a heavy burden for our staff and volunteers,” said Heather Henderson, program director at Arion Thera-
peutic Farm. Arion Farm is a nonprofit organization that utilizes 130 volunteers to
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