Kimberley Daily Bulletin, April 14, 2017

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FRIDAY APRIL 14, 2017

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Winston Blackmore on his way into Cranbrook court, Tuesday, April 11.

Kimberley RCMP are investigating a suspicious truck fire on Wallinger Avenue.

Truck set on fire in Kimberley Submitted

RCMP are currently following up on a suspicious truck fire that took place on April 11, around 11 pm. Kimberley Fire Department attended the 600 block of Wallinger Avenue after the owner called 911. A quick response by the fire depart-

ment minimized damage to the vehicle but evidence located at the scene indicates the fire was intentionally set. RCMP and Kimberley Fire Department are conducting an investigation into the fire and asking for anybody who may have observed anything suspicious in the area to call police.

An unknown woman initially saw the fire and knocked on the front door of the owner’s house alerting him to the fire. If you are that person, the police would like to speak to you. Please contact the Kimberley RCMP at 250427-4811.

Man guilty in fatal highway accident Trevor Crawley

Criminal legal proceedings stemming from fatal motor vehicle accident nearly seven years ago recently concluded in Cranbrook on Wednesday. Judge Robin Smith said crown counsel proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Kyle Neidig was guilty of impaired operation of a

motor vehicle causing death and care and control of a motor vehicle while having a blood alcohol content over .08 causing death. However, Judge Smith said crown did not meet the burden of proof for criminal negligence causing death. After a night of drinking,

Neidig and a friend, Ian Shepherd, were driving in a 1995 Chevrolet Blazer that crashed just outside Cranbrook on Highway 3/95 in the early hours of June 11, 2010. Shepard was thrown from the vehicle and died on the scene. Neidig was charged nine

months later and went to a 22-day trial that wrapped up in August 2014 after Judge Grant Sheard ordered a stay of proceedings in large part to the RCMP’s destruction of the Blazer after their investigation, which prevented the defence from analyzing it with their own experts. Continued on A3

No splitting polygamy trials: judge Corey Bullock

Two members of the community of Bountiful facing polygamy charges will be tried at the same time. Blair Sufferdine, the defense counsel for Winston Blackmore, was in court on Tuesday, April 11 arguing that Blackmore’s proceedings should be separate from that of James Oler, who is also facing a Polygamy charge. On Wednesday, April 12 Justice Sheri Ann Donegan ruled, in a brief hearing, that Sufferdine’s request for separate trial will

be dismissed. Donegan, “balanced the interests of the public and the accused,” and was not persuaded that the trial will need to be separated. Donegan will announce her full reasons in court on Tuesday April 18, prior to the commencement of trial. Both Blackmore and Oler are connected to the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints (FLDS) community of Bountiful south of Creston. Continued on A3

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