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THE BULLETIN PROUDLY SERVING KIMBERLEY AND AREA SINCE 1932 | Vol. 84, Issue 24 | www.dailybulletin.ca
Manslaughter sentence to be handed down in March Claudia De Assumpcao plead guilty; Crown asks for 10 years TRE VOR CR AWLEY
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has reserved his decision to sentence a Brazilian national for her role in the death of a Marysville man in 2013. Claudia De Assumpcao was in court on Tuesday, Feb. 2, for a sentencing hearing as defence and Crown counsel presented their submissions to Mr. Justice Terence Schultes. De Assumpcao has been in custody since March 2013, after she was arrested by Kimber-
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ley RCMP and charged with murder following the death of Jordan Lomsnes. Lomsnes died from smoke inhalation in his Marysville home after a fire was deliberately set outside his bedroom by De Assumpcao. De Assumpcao has since pleaded guilty to manslaughter, with Crown counsel asking for 10 years, while defence counsel is asking for her release based on four years and four and a half months of credit for time served. De Assumpcao will be sentenced on Thursday, March 10, in Cranbrook Supreme Court. See page 4
Two years for car through house C AROLYN GR ANT
A woman who crashed her car into a house on Archibald Street in June of 2014 has been sentenced to two years. Stacey Lundin, who was 19 at the time, crashed through the window of the house in the early hours of the morning of June 16. Kimberley RCMP Cpl. Chris Newel said at
the time that the driver failed to negotiate the corner on Archibald and crashed through the window causing extensive damage to the house. The occupants of the home were not seriously injured. An impaired driving investigation was initiated and the woman proCAROLYN GRANT PHOTO vided two breath samples of 130 mgs of alco- As smooth in their street shoes as they are on skates, Geneve Miller from Cranbrook and Bianca Marina from Kimberley will rephol in 100 ml blood. resent the Kootenay Zone at the BC Winter Games in Penticton later this month. See story in Sports, Page 9.
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