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▶ IBATA NORIC HEXAMER, WHO SEXUALLY ASSAULTED CHILDREN IN SURREY, NORTH DELTA AND VANCOUVER, HAS BEEN DEEMED A DANGEROUS OFFENDER SHEILA REYNOLDS
A man who admitted he raped several children in the Lower Mainland between 1995 and 2009 has been deemed a dangerous offender, meaning he will be behind bars indefinitely. Ibata Noric Hexamer, a former political organizer and DJ, has been in jail since December 2010, when he was arrested after DNA evidence linked him to attacks in Surrey, Delta and Vancouver.
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Though initially charged with 23 sex-related offences, he pleaded guilty in 2012 to three counts of sexual assault with a weapon, one count of sexual assault and two counts of unlawful confinement. He subsequently applied – unsuccessfully – to have his guilty pleas withdrawn and the case faced numerous delays as Hexamer fired several lawyers in what a judge deemed an obvious attempt at a shorter sentence. continued on page 4
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Illicit drug overdose deaths in B.C. jumped 27 per cent in
2015, and that grim statistic was even worse in the Fraser Health region, where deadly overdoses soared nearly 50 per cent. A total of 465 B.C. residents died from illicit drug use last year, almost 100 more than in 2014, accord-
ing to new statistics from the B.C. Coroners Service. Fraser Health recorded the largest number of drug deaths of any B.C. region in 2015 – a total of 166, up from 111 in 2014. continued on page 5
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