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Defense begins in Malcolm Fraser criminal trial The prosecution rested its case while the defense called two expert witnesses By Dennis Box Editor
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Seattle Attorney Ann Carey began to present the defense last week in the case of Malcolm Fraser, assistant pastor of Sound Doctrine Church, who has been charged with two counts of first degree child rape and two counts of first degree child molestation. The incidents are alleged to have occurred from 2005 to 2006 when the alleged victim was 10 and 11 years old. She is currently 18. Allegations are that Fraser went into the girl’s upstairs bedroom after midnight one to three times
a week when he and his wife were living with the girl’s family. Fraser is now 40 years old. Deputy Prosecutor Jason Simmons rested the state’s case following nearly three weeks of testimony, including three days of direct and cross examination of the young woman who made the allegations. Judge Lori K. Smith is presiding in King County Superior Courtroom 4C at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent.
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The court did not meet May 13 and reconvened May 14 with the final day of the young woman’s testimony and that of her half-sister. The defense case began with Carey calling John Charles Yuille, a forensic psychologist from British
Columbia. Thursday the state completed the testimony of the young woman’s stepsister in the morning. The defense then continued by calling Doris Thompson, who lived for a short time with the family in 2005. Carey followed with Josiah Williams, senior pastor at Sound Doctrine and Dr. Phillip Welch, who specializes in obstetrics and gynecology at Swedish Medical Center.
Direct and Cross
The cross examination and redirect of the young woman who made the allegations continued Tuesday, May 14. Dressed in a black sweater with her arms pulled tightly across her chest, she continued to speak quietly as in her earlier testimony. Carey probed the connection
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between the family’s dislike of Sound Doctrine Church and how that might have influenced the young woman. The family left the church in August of 2006. In earlier testimony the young woman’s mother said she decided she would rather “go to hell” than continue to be called an unfit mother by church leadership and have her children mistreated. The young woman testified regarding the church leadership her mother “didn’t want to hold hands and skip through a field of jelly beans” with them. She also testified her family is “definitely not his (Fraser’s) biggest fan.” The young woman said through direct and cross examination she continued to be afraid of Fraser
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Final year for dairy show
The 75 annual Enumclaw Junior Dairy Show came to the grounds of the Enumclaw Expo Center Saturday. Among those competing was Stephanie Van Volkenburg from the Sumner High FFA chapter. kevin hanson, Courier-Herald
The official filing period expired Friday afternoon with some local races looking interesting and others devoid of any competition at all. Candidates filed May 13-17 and, in races with more than two candidates, will appear in an August primary election. Otherwise, everyone advances to the November general election. Here’s the full list: Enumclaw, mayor: Liz Reynolds Enumclaw City Council, Position 1: Pamela Harding, Morgan Irwin Enumclaw City Council, Position 3: Mike Sando, Shelby DeVol Enumclaw City Council, Position 5: Juanita Carstens, Tom Mann Enumclaw City Council, Position 7: Sean Krebs, Hoke Overland City of Buckley, mayor: Patricia “Pat” Johnson Buckley City Council, Position 1: Nora (Lyn) Rose Buckley Council, Position 2: Cristi Boyle Barrett
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