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Sydney Dumore of Coquitlam competes in the Classical Ballet En-Pointe Solo division during the 66th annual Chilliwack Lions Club Music and Dance Festival at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre last Thursday.
Crossley gets another year By Sarah Payne THE TRI-CITY NEWS
The young man who killed Port Coquitlam’s Jesse Penner in 2006 will spend another year behind bars for an assault he committed in prison. Ryan Crossley, 22, was due to be released from jail last December after completing his full six-year sentence for Penner’s murder. Instead, JESSE PENNER he was re-arrested for assaults he committed while in prison in Prince Albert, Sask. On Friday, Crossley was sentenced in a Saskatchewan provincial court to one year in prison for what’s believed to be an assault on a fellow inmate. see ‘THE LONGER’, page 9
Reform tightens rules for dangerously insane By Jeff Nagel BLACK PRESS
The Conservative federal government is pledging new justice reforms to indefinitely lock up highly dangerous mentally ill offenders who were found not responsible for their crimes. Prime Minister Stephen Harper made the announcement Friday in Burnaby and made reference to Darcie Clark, whose three children were killed five years ago in Merritt by
ALLAN SCHOENBORN her deranged ex-husband, Allan Schoenborn. The Not Criminally Responsible Reform Act tabled by the government tightens provisions for the release of offenders like Schoenborn.
CRIME TIME IN THE TRI-CITIES ■ Machete used in holdup at a Port Moody ATM ■ Stabbing late Saturday at Port Coquitlam apartment ■ Mounties are looking for the owner of some cash found in donated clothing: See articles on page 3 Courts will now be able to use a new category of high-risk mentally disordered accused. Instead of annual reviews by provincial review boards to determine if they’re fit to be
released, a judge can order the offender be held for up to three years before a review. And offenders with that designation would not be released unless a judge agrees.
The courts will also be able to ban provincial review boards from issuing controversial unescorted day passes to designated offenders. see CLARK, page 3