Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 1, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 local Winnipeg free Juni 2000 i never want this to happen to anyone alleged victim of police beating battered face displayed to jurors by David Kuxhaus in a darkened a jury stared at the battered face of Nikul Vleko Takiwo Guma on a White the image captured on video tape the Day after a police officer allegedly beat his right Eye is swollen shut and the left almost his nose is there Are scratches along his neck and a deeper one that appears to run along his on the Side of his head is a wide Guma sat next to the yester he took the stand at the trial of Grant a Veteran officer Winnipeg police in not on a but i never want this to happen to he told court of Queens said he never even thought about fighting this Guy Eakin is in not going to take that Guy in 147 this Guys 250 Hes a Guma told the Eakin is charged with assault causing bodily the attack allegedly occurred when the officer and his part Ner were answering a noise complaint at a fort Garry apartment in february they found Guma and two other men playing loud music and drinking they were told to turn it Eakins David bid Ian who lived that he had to come out to the car to get a Guma said he was worried for his Friend and went to get a phone Book to Call his lawyer when Eakin pushed Guma testified that Eakin then told his partner that Gartner was the Punk who gave him trouble the last time he was at the Guma said when he told the officers that want Eakin became i guess that what caused him to turn on said he said Eakin told him he was being charged with obstructing court was told that Guma was taken outside the suite while the including Eakins remained Guma said Eakin punched him in the head and he pushed the officer in the face with his hands in an attempt to Ward off the Guma said they both fell to the floor and Eakin continued to hit him and hand cuffed his hands Beliinda his Guma said Eakin lifted him pulling and breaking a Chain around his then threw the Chain to the he claimed Eakin hit him a few More times As he was taken outside a surveillance camera at the apartment Block Entrance captures the two men it was played for jurors the Grainy tape shows the backs of both men and it is difficult to make out specific Guma said he and Gartner were ultimately driven to District 6 police station on Pembina after Gartner was taken Guma said he was punched again by Eakin and kicked in the he said Eakins came out and punched him in the Groin Guma said Eakin then threatened to kill battered and Guma said he was finally thrown into a holding he said Bevan later told him to go and clean him self i thought i told you not to bleed All Over my Guma recalled the officer judge upholds of duty police officers acquittal by David Kuxhaus Manitoba highest court has upheld a controversial decision in which an off duty police officer was acquitted of dangerous driving causing death and impaired driving causing chief Justice Richard Scott said while the Jurys verdict May seem question the in this has no authority to overturn while an argument can be made that there is a certain Lack of logic in the Jurys decision to acquit on dangerous driving causing death and convict of dangerous it is no part of an appellate courts function to second guess a Jurys verdict when Evi Dence to support it and the jury is adequately wrote Robert Lesuk was convicted last summer of dangerous driving and Refus ing a for which he received a Fine and absolute the crowns Appeal on sentence was also Scott said while the absolute discharge was on the lenient it was not we Are absolutely delighted with the Hymie Letuks lawyer said in my opinion Lesuk should be Back at work As soon As since his absolute discharge and Lesuk has been fighting to get reinstated Complete with Back he has been suspended without pay since the sep tember 1997 Carl president of the Winnipeg police said theres no Rea son Why the officer be Back on the we certainly think he has every right to return to the said chief Jack Swatski had said he would decide the officers Fate once the Appeal was a police spokesman said yesterday that they Are reviewing the decision and but wont be making any comments until Koreen was killed in sep tember 1997 after she flew off the Back of Letuks the pair had met at a Portage Avenue and Lesuk was giving the woman a ride Wood was not wearing a and chief jus Tice Benjamin Hewak allowed the jury to hear evidence that Wood was ticketed Only weeks earlier for a helmet infraction while on a different the Crown argued that Hewak should not have allowed that evidence because it was they claimed the judge mis led the jury by referring to the fact Wood chose not to Wear a year end piano Sale our pre summer piano Sale was so successful weve completely restocked and Are offering the Best deals in the piano business for 2 Days Only to Mark our year end reconditioned professional pianos save up to 64 off the comparable replacement Model 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Light traps around the so far there Hast been much of a Buzz from either the present Lack of can quickly enjoy it while you said were staying on top of the occasional Shower or rainfall int enough but Winnipeg is known for its heavy rain storms every few that could change every residents can help reduce the number of mosquitoes by getting rid of standing which can be found in clogged cans or other litter in the another Warrior by Mike Mclntyre after watching the Manitoba warriors trial Stumme through the last nine Craig Thomas elected to bail out of the slow moving proceedings yester Day and plead guilty to drug the Street gang member admit Ted his role in conspiring to traffic cocaine and was handed a five year prison to 21 of the 35 accused have pleaded the which is Canadas first test of new gang conspiracy leg began last september and has been subjected to numerous delays and Queens Bench associate chief Justice Jeffrey Oliphant agreed yesterday to the Deal reached Between the Crown and defence which Calls for a five year prison in addition to the 18 months has already spent in pretrial severed from rial last week Whei Oliphant requested time to me the Crown and defence lawyers or six of the accused who will be severed from the main Madam Justice Ruth Krindle ruled last month a jury could not reasonably handle a trial of and forced the Crown to break the group up in to two smaller trials of nine and six Krindle is expected to officially break up the main trial when it resumes this Morrison told the court yester Day that Thomas played a key role in the Manitoba warriors drug he said Thomas would receive Large quantities of cocaine from the highest ranking members of the gang and was responsible for delivering it to Small time dealers to be sold in local Morrison said Thomas earned the Trust of the gangs brass because he didst use cocaine him Thomas was already serving a two year sentence at Stony Moun Tain for a previous drug conviction and had not been held in 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