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Inquest Scheduled Into Death Of Donald Lewis At McLeese Lake

By 250 News

Tuesday, November 30, 1999 12:00 AM

        

Prince George, B.C. - An inquest into the death of Donald Dwayne Lewis, who died following an altercation with Williams Lake RCMP on August 13th, 2006, has now been set to go ahead on June 2nd.

The inquest will be held in Williams Lake before Coroner Shane DeMeyer and a jury.

The jury will have an opportunity to make recommendations at preventing deaths in similar circumstances, but cannot assess blame.

The BC coroner’s service is a formal court proceeding that allows for public presentation of all evidence relating to the death, but may not make any finding of legal responsibility.

The inquest had been scheduled for earlier this year but was postponed to allow for the family to obtain counsel.

Lewis was shot to death by an RCMP constable near McLeese Lake after police were called to look into a squatter camped near that community.


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Comments

Comment Posted by: Harbinger on April 11 2008 4:38 PM
Predictable due to cynicism or what? I will wait.
Comment Posted by: Andyfreeze on April 11 2008 6:29 PM
Once again,this took WAY too long!
Comment Posted by: thereasonableman on April 11 2008 11:23 PM
Let's put it this way Harb, you notice nobody's taking bets on it ?

Actually, they released a detailed report about what went wrong, but they accidentally highlighted the important parts with a black hiliter instead of yellow. Oops !

;-)
Comment Posted by: turbocat on April 13 2008 12:21 AM
They too kthis long to do a darn thing.
And also say thet the jury cannot place blame....what a BS idea.
The cop killed him, so hanging the cop is a good start.
Then educate the rest of them to be nice, and stop killing the citizens they are to protect.

This is just my view, not the view of opinion 250, or its staff.....hopefully theta lets Ben and crew off the hook.
Will my disclaimer stand up in court?