Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 24, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnith Macii 2001 local a13 Stepmother assaulted judge decides by Mike Mclntyre a Winnipeg couple has been found guilty of abusing their two children including forcing them to stand in a Snowbank As punishment for bringing jewelry to school for the who cant be named to protect the identity of their Ages 10 and will be sentenced next month on two charges of Crown attorney Brian Wilford said the Case was unique because Queens Bench Justice Daniel Kennedy didst hear testimony from the two victims in reaching his he allowed their evidence from the preliminary hearing to be included in the three Day which ended Kennedy ruled it would be too painful to Force the children to since the parents have won Back the couple originally pleaded guilty to assault two years following their preliminary but then withdrew the plea and maintained their at the their children Testi fied from behind a screen How their father and Stepmother repeatedly punched and kicked them in the boy said he took his stepmothers jewelry to school without her per Mission and paid a Steep Price when he came he said the woman who often made him run in the hallway As punishment punched him and his sister in the then kicked them both with stocking feet the girl also said punches from her Stepmom and an aggressive push by her father left her with bruises on her stomach and which she showed to a teacher the next the couples lawyers questioned the reliability of the childrens asking Kennedy to dismiss Wilford said the guilty ver dict shows the judge believed the Chil Dren Over their the parents were acquitted on a third charge of endangering although Kennedy found the parents did leave their children outside in the he said there was not conclusive evidence it threatened their 3 woman drops pays tanning Salon by Paul Mckie a woman who sued a tanning Salon Over a severe Burn she claimed she received on a tanning bed has dropped the Case and paid the Salon in court Serena Babos said she dropped the Case earlier this month because she afford to take it to Money buys jus said the Justice system should have been a Little More but Norman the lawyer who represented sea Breeze tanning said Babossy suit was Babos was asking for compensation for lost punitive dam Babos Money buys Justice Ages and Money for loss of consortium she claimed she have intimate relations because of the Babos filed a motion of discontinuance two weeks ago and part of that motion was a payout to sea Breeze owner Richard Boudreau called the payment Babos filed the suit in the fall of six months after she claimed to have been burned in one of Franss Tan Ning photos the free press ran at the time showed a severe redness All Over Babossy but Frans maintained yesterday that those injuries could not have happened in his there was absolutely no Way she could have been Hurt that he Frans knew any Legal Case would Cost him Money so he offered to pay Babossy Legal costs of about when her suit was Babos said she turned Down the offer because it didst cover wages lost when she she refused to say How much work she Boudreau said Babos should have taken the she was never Able to prove that the injuries occurred with in Franss tanning he sea Breeze records showed that Babos had used the tanning Salon at least 60 times and that she was an experienced while publicity about the Case didst Hurt his Salon Frans said the incident damaged the cites tanning 0 employment standards working together Manitoba minimum wage is changing on april the Manitoba minimum wage will increase to per for More please Contact us at or on the internet at Manitoba labour and immigration employment standards last 2 Days music Competition festival Yamaha piano Sale prices slashed for the last 2 Days on All Yam a a upright and digital pianos 10 j dont miss it Johns Yamaha music Centre 1330 Portage 7838899 this program offers us options to enter the workforce or earn a degree the University of Manitoba the accelerated option faculty of nursing offers flexible ways to earn a nursing degree including the second degree option advanced placement for licensed practical nurses lpns full time or Par time four year baccalaureate nursing program prepare for a career in care for More Contact the University of Manitoba faculty of nursing phone 2044747452 or Tollfree in Manitoba 7452 or Check us out at University of Manitoba the Forks North Portage partnership invite you to helps attend one of our open houses to learn More about future project concepts for the Forks and North Portage come and share your views As we focus on the March 24lh the Forks Market 11am 4pm March 2th March 28th Edmonton Portage place 11am 4pm for further information visit our website at 201one Forks Market Manitoba b3c4l9 Tel 204 9437752 fax 204 9437915 email picture Eye a thousand words or re 9 697 7063 the free press new Thorn Lor you m m m m m ;