Surrey BC: Two Innocent Murder Victims, who is to blame?

by Barry ORegan | October 24, 2007 at 04:31 am

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Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor

The identiy of the 4 men slain in what is described as a massacre had a long history with Police and the courts, their criminal involvement with the drug underworld also claimed the lives of two innocent victims in the wrong place at the wrong time. This may lead Canadians to wonder why these 4 criminals, so young, were not jailed on their second offence for much longer jail terms. For if they were still in jail, 2 innocent victims would be alive today with their families and we would not be reading this tragic story today.

My Final Thought

British Columbia's Justice Department, Attorney General Wally Oppal and Judges revolving door policies for criminals and our Public Safety Minister John Les with all their Political posturing all pretty much (Not verbatim) stated to Conservative Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day, that the Federal Government Minister Day was "Out to Lunch", when Stockwell Day said BC courts were too lienient towards criminals, hence Prime Minister Harper's Crime Bill, which met opposition from all political opposition parties on the provincial and federal level. In the same breath, some politicians and bureaucrats stated the "Public were safe from Criminals, leading us to believe Criminals target other criminals".

Somehow the innocent murder victims Schellenberg and Mahon familes along with Canadians aint buying that.

Ed Schellenbergs death while on the job will also be investigated by WorkSafeBC to determine cause as in all workplace deaths, this reporter feels WorkSafeBC's first stop will be BC's Liberal Public Safety Minister John Les and Attorney General Wally Oppals office, followed by the Supreme Courts Judges offices downtown. Dollars to Donuts I bet WorkSafeBC investigators don't get past John and Wally's Ministerial or the Supreme Courts Receptionists.

Four slain men had brushes with law

Neal Hall , Vancouver Sun

Published: Tuesday, October 23, 2007

SURREY - Four of the young men killed last Friday in a Surrey apartment were no strangers to the criminal courts.

They had previously been charged with a variety of offences, mainly relating to weapons and drugs. One of the men, Edward Sousakhone (Eddie) Narong, 22, had been charged in 2005 with possession of a restricted firearm, along with Corey Jason Michael Lal, 21, who also died in the mass slaying.

Court records show Narong had been charged with drug and weapons offences in Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Port Coquitlam, Surrey and Vancouver. He was charged two years ago with possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking along with four other co-accused. He was charged the same year with the same offence in Chilliwack, but this time the co-accused was Lal's older brother, Michael Justin Lal, 26, who was also killed Friday.

In May 2005, Narong was charged with driving while his licence was suspended and resisting arrest/obstructing a police officer. He was found guilty in Surrey Provincial Court and fined $1,500.

In 2003, he was charged with possession of a prohibited weapon/restricted firearm with a co-accused, along with another joint charge of occupying a vehicle containing an illegal firearm.

Michael Justin Lal was charged in April 2005 with possession for the purpose of trafficking with Narong and two co-accused, plus five counts of breaching his bail conditions. He was charged again with drug trafficking offences two months later with another co-accused. After he was convicted, Lal received a 17-month conditional sentence and a 10-year firearms prohibition.

Ryan Bartolomeo, 19, of Surrey, was charged last December with possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking, along with various co-accused. He was also charged with possession of a prohibited weapon/restricted firearm.

It is not known whether Bartolomeo was related to Damon Bartolomeo, 25, who was accused in 2002 with a Hells Angels member of being involved in a violent marijuana growing operation rip-off in the Whalley area of Surrey. The marijuana-growing operator, who had been in witness protection, testified he was kidnapped and severely beaten by the biker.

RCMP said at the time the case was an offshoot of a separate investigation of several homicides at a notorious Surrey crack house on 108th Avenue called the "House of Horrors."

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