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Motorcyclist clotheslined by cop avoids jail PAUL RUDAN CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR
PAUL RUDAN Clotheslining an intoxicated motorcyclist isn’t the typical method police use to stop someone. But that’s what happened to David Adcock when he ran into Const. Russ Miller in the early morning hours of Aug. 12, 2010. Adcock, 49, had spent the night consuming beer with a friend when he decided to ride a dirt bike through the trails of the Beaver Lodge Lands around 1 a.m. Const. Miller was also in the area, when he heard the motorbike approaching, got out of his vehicle and stretched out both arms, indicating the driver to stop. But Adcock, who later admitted in court to consuming around 10 beers, didn’t stop in time and was clotheslined by the officer’s arm, knocking him off the bike. Defence lawyer Tom Bishop said the officer’s action was highly dangerous and Adcock could have been killed. Adcock, who wasn’t wearing a helmet and did not have insurance, did suffer some minor injuries and was charged with obstruction of a police officer and failing to provide a breath sample. At his trial on Dec. 21, 2011, the father of two was found guilty of failing to provide a breath sample while the other charge was dismissed. Adcock was back in Campbell River provincial court on Continued on A3
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A jury trial starts today in B.C. Supreme Court for a woman accused of killing her commonlaw husband. The body of 55-year-old Christopher Warren was discovered April 2, 2010, in an apartment at 645-9th Ave. Warren shared the apartment with his common-law wife, Linda Mitchell, 53, who was arrested the same day and later charged with murder. This week in supreme court in Campbell River, the judge listened to a three-day voir dire to determine the admissibility of evidence slated to be heard at trial. That process is expected to be completed for the jury trial to begin today at 10 a.m.
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Pinecrest students give a hoot Reg Westcott from Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society introduces Otis the screech owl to Pinecrest Elementary students Wednesday. The society frequently makes educational outreach presentations to students and Pinecrest kids raised money to help the cash-strapped organization continue to help injured birds. See story on Page A3.
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