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ACCUSED IN JULIE PASKALL’S MURDER TO STAND TRIAL ▶ YOSEF GOPAUL CHARGED IN MOTHEROF-THREE’S DEATH SHEILA REYNOLDS
The man charged with murdering Surrey hockey mom Julie Paskall has been ordered to stand trial in B.C. Supreme Court A preliminary hearing for Yosef Jomo Gopaul was held last Tuesday and Wednesday in Surrey Provincial Court to determine if there was sufficient evidence to warrant a trial. Evidence presented at preliminary inquiries cannot be reported due to a publication ban. Gopaul, 27, was arrested five months after Paskall was killed outside Newton Arena in late 2013. She was attacked Dec. 29 while picking up her son from hockey in what police said was a robbery gone wrong. She died in hospital Dec. 31, leaving behind her husband of nearly 35 years, two adult daughters and a teenage son. She was 53. Julie’s husband Al spoke Julie Paskall outside court last week, saying he harbours guilt about his wife’s death, lamenting he didn’t pick up his son that fateful night. He said he’ll attend court often to honour Julie. “Somebody has to be here for her,” he said. “I wasn’t there when I should have been…” The case will now proceed to B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster. Gopaul’s next scheduled court date is March 12.
The driver of a 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe SUV is extricated from his vehicle by emergency personnel after the SUV was involved in a series of hitand-run rear-end collisions on Fraser Highway last Tuesday. The crashes left several people hurt – including a father and son who were taken to hospital in critical condition. The 10-year-old boy has since been released, but his 53-year-old dad has sustained life-altering spinal injuries. CURTIS KREKLAU PHOTO
FATHER LEFT WITH SPINAL INJURY AFTER SERIES OF SURREY CRASHES ▶ POLICE BELIEVE A HYUNDAI SANTA FE SUV WAS INVOLVED IN FOUR CONSECUTIVE COLLISIONS; WITNESSES BEING SOUGHT
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A dad has permanent spinal damage after a crash last Tuesday night on Fraser Highway – the fourth in a string of erratic hit-and-run rear-enders that police believe all involved the same driver. Surrey RCMP say on Tuesday,
Jan. 27 just before 9 p.m., a 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe SUV was driving west on Fraser Highway near 184 Street when it rear ended a 2006 Mercury Grand Marquis three times. The Hyundai fled the scene and kept driving west on Fraser Highway. The Mercury followed and saw the Hyundai strike another car
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at 176 Street. While the car that was hit pulled over, the offending driver kept going. When it reached 152 Street, the Hyundai then attempted to squeeze between two vehicles and struck a 2005 Toyota Camry. continued on page 4
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