Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 26, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba A6 local Winn Pix Fhi sept Ambir 2000 former head of real estate firm jailed for 60 Days misappropriated from funds by Mike Mclntyre the former head of a now defunct Winnipeg real estate firm was sentenced yesterday to 60 Days in jail for misappropriating More than from two company Trust Victor pleaded guilty to three charges under the real estate brokers act for acts Between 1994 and 1998 while he was general manager of realty Jay Loewens asked provincial court judge Ray Wyant for a conditional which would have allowed him to remain free in the but Wyant said Loewen must go behind bars to Dis courage he used his position to facilitate these offences and to try and cover them said i cant ignore the deliberate Ness of these and the court must Send a Strong message this Type of behaviour will bring about a sentence which reflects society repugnance and Digap Wyant agreed to allow Loewen to serve his sentence intermittently on which requires him to report to jail every Friday at 7 and return Home sundays at 4 Loewen has found new employment in the Home maintenance Field and will be allowed to continue working during the week to support his Fame said Loewen was charged by the Mani Toba securities commission follow ing a two month investigation into the handling of the landed Trust accounts in the months leading up to the firms april 1998 announcement that it was ceasing operations in As general manager of the 12year old Loewen was responsible for All accounting procedures and in a meeting with an he admitted to removing funds from the landed Trust accounts without authorization from clients to be used in the Day today operations of Busi which was already on shaky financial he said he acted alone and did not personally pocket any of the this was a premeditated and organized there was a continuing pattern of Wyant said in late a Manitoba securities commission panel ruled Home buy Sellers and third party real estate brokers who lost deposits and com missions when landed suddenly shut were entitled to reimbursement from the Manitoba real estate several civil lawsuits against Loewen and landed remain before the courts with the fallout from the company who has no criminal was facing a maximum penalty of six months in jail a Wyant said yesterday he consid ered several factors As mitigating towards Loewens including his Early guilty the fact he didst personally profit and the remorse Hes shown by seeking per Sonal and professional counselling Over the past two jury free after defence Hammer out Deal at last minute sex assault trial Over before it begins by Mike Mclntyre twelve people suddenly have some free time this week after the jury trial they were expected to preside Over was resolved yesterday at the last just As the five Day sexual assault Case was set to lawyers managed to strike a some of them looked they probably had been telling friends and family about doing jury then they find out there no longer said defence lawyer Mike cases get resolved All the but in my 15 Ive never had a jury trial fold the morning this want even at the Lith this was at the stroke of Kelly Obrien pleaded guilty to sex Ual assault and Possession of a weapon for fondling incidents that occurred last fall involving his then16yearold he will be sentenced on Justice officials have been pushing hard to reduce the number of jury Tri als clogging Manitoba As they can often be time expensive and difficult to for the past judges and lawyers involved in jury trials sit Down together for a Resolution during which they try to reach a reasonable set statistics show that nearly 65 per cent of All trials get resolved at the last and the conferences Are meant to catch those types of cases before its attacker learns his lesson pubs a bad influence on him a Man who stabbed a fellow Patron of a main Street bar eight times told a judge yesterday Hes Learned his lesson and the secret to preventing future i know i be hanging around said Gary who also apologized to the victim of the april Inci Queens Bench Justice Barbara Hamil ton sentenced Michniuk to one year in jail after he pleaded guilty to assault with a the attack occurred after Michniuk and the who knew each got involved in a heated argument inside the Yale when the victim suggested they take it Michniuk responded by pulling out a knife and slashing the Vic Tim numerous times on his arms and upper court was he suffered extensive blood loss but made full Michniuk has already served More than five months in custody at the remand Centre while awaiting which is credited As double time by the As a he will have to serve Only about one month of his sentence before he is Farmer killed in tractor Accident a 61yearold Farmer from Rossburn was killed Over the weekend when his tractor rolled Over him while he tried to Navi Gate an Gordon Bergeson was filling potholes in his driveway sunday afternoon using a tractor equipped with a fronted ramp say it appears Bergeson was trying to reverse the machine when it began to slide Down the when Bergeson tried to go Forward the tractor Slid and when he hit the brakes the machine pivoted and rolled Bergeson was taken to hos but died As a result of his due to popular offer had a great offer where installation and first month of service were so mom and dad would saves everyone enjoyed the always on connection and the new Home not to mention Access to relevant educational and space for up to seven email the parental control software was a particular hit with the and when the time came for the kids to go Back to they All lived happily Ever mom and dad offer ends september to sign up Call log on or order at a Shaw retailer the too although there have been Many Suc Cess yesterdays outcome proves they dont always Cook said he and the Crown agree on certain issues and were ready to take their Case before the one final look at their cases allowed them to find some common which resulted in a he the issues surrounded specific details of the As Well As a proposed sentence for the he in the lawyers agreed a three month sentence will be but Justice Marc Monnin will decide provided he approves of the length whether it should be served behind bars or in the goods bail trouble goods accused of violating bail again for the second time in two Winnipeg Blue bomber defensive lineman Bennie goods has been arrested for violating conditions of his goods was questioned by police sunday afternoon As the team got off the plane after arriving Home from a week endgame in Hamil he was charged with breach ing a recognizance and was he will appear in court Tomor Row on the new goods was originally arrested last month and charged with one count of uttering threats and two counts of assault after a woman complained of harassment by a he was released on bail on the condition he avoid drugs and Alco hol and stay away from the but earlier this month goods was arrested after his former girl Friend alleged he had called her in violation of those bail restrict he was again released on bail with the same this goods is accused of writing to the a spokesman for the Blue bombers said no one from the team would comment on goods Legal problems until Treyve been dealt with in he will continue to practise and play till the courts make their he an 11year Veteran of the Cal and five time league All is also facing charges of assault in a june incident at a City where a woman said she was family seeks answers the family of Nadine Beaulieu Hopes an inquest set for Early next year into the 23month Olds death brings answers and were still thinking of we dont forget we still talk about her every said the toddlers great Angeline More than a month has been set aside for the which will take place in Dauphin beginning Beaulieu died of Stom Ach injuries after being placed in a Fos Ter Home at Pine Creek first nation by West Region child and family the chief medical 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