HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2004-12-29, Page 88 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, DEC 29, 2004
HURON COUNTY PORK PRODUCER'S
Association District 3
56th Annual Meeting
Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005
Seaforth Community Centre, Seaforth
Meeting at 4 p.m.
Tickets: $10 - Dinner at 6 p.n1
Election Year for Directors
Guest speaker Elbert vanDonkersgoed
Order tickets from directors or
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Community Calendar
WED. DEC. 29
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Shuffleboard at the Arena
6:00 Ruth's Fitness, main Hall
2:30 - 4 p.m. - Public Skating
THURS., DEC. 30
FRI. DEC. 31
10:00 a.m. - Morning Out at
Bethel Bible Church, Seaforth
10:00-10:45 a.m. and
11:15-12 noon - Seaforth Branch
Library presents Tales for Tots.
Aged 2-5 and their caregivers.
Pre -registration required.
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Shinny
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with Drusilla
- Clogging Upstairs with Sherry
McCall
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Early Years Program at Seaforth
Pubic School
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Hi -Liles rehearsal at Northside
United Church
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Documentary to draw attention
to conditional sentencing laws
By Katie Brickman
Becon-Herald Student Reporter
A former Stratford resi-
dent wants to draw atten-
tion to Canada's controver-
sial conditional sentencing
laws with a documentary
about the vicious stabbing
that nearly killed his broth-
er and the conditional sen-
tence his assailant received.
Local resi-
dents helped
by attending a
benefit con-
cert Dec. 28
(yesterday) as
a fundraiser
for Justin
Rebelo's doc-
umentary and
the Victims of
Violent Crime
Awareness
campaign.
"This con-
cert or the
documentary
is not a per-
sonal vendetta on the con-
victed," said Justin. "We
just want to make a differ-
ence.
Justin will try to focus on
the conditional sentencing
laws that sometimes allow
people convicted of serious
violent crimes to serve their
sentences in the communi-
"Hopefully we can affect
people's opinions or bring
it public," his brother
Matthew said about the
concert and
behind it.
Justin and Matthew
Rebelo are the grandsons of
Seaforth local Doris Muir.
Matthew, known by his
friends as "Phoo," is the
reason for the documentary.
He nearly
died after
being brutal-
ly stabbed
by his room-
mate during
a dispute in
their Banff
apartment in
April, 2003.
He was
stabbed five
times, so
hard that the
knife left an
exit wound
in his back.
Three major surgeries were
necessary to repair a lacer-
ated aorta. lacerated spleen
(which had to be removed),
lacerated liver and lacerat-
ed pancreas (part of which
was removed).
One was a risky proce-
dure called a "pericardial
window," requiring fluid
drainage around his heart.
Matthew lost 19 units of
blood and was left with
many large scars. He spent
a month in the hospital and
many more months recover-
ing at his home. _
"i mostly got the idea for
the documentary from
Matt's story. Matt is really
the the force behind it,"
said Justin.
The roommate. Francis
Mathieu, was convicted and
received it conditional sen-
tence (often called house
arrest) of two years less a
day Sept. 13.
Once his sentence has
been served. Mr. Mathieu
u ill he on two years' proba-
tion.
Because Mr. Mathieu was
enrolled in anger manage-
ment and Alcoholics
Anonymous. and because
the stahhing was his first
offence, the judge thought
he was at low risk to re -
offend.
"Francis and I got along
well. hut I wouldn't call
him a good friend; like we
wouldn't hang out or go to
the bar with friends - we
just lived together."
Matthew said.
The stahhing occurred
when a dispute in the apart-
ment escalated into a fist
fight.
The 24 hours after the
stahhing was a rush to safe
Matthew's life.
His parents, who were
living in Stratford, flew to
Calgary knowing their son
might not make it.
the cause
Quoted
'We hope that
with this docu-
mentary,
Parliament will
banish condi-
tional sen-
tences for seri-
ous crimes,' -
Matthew Rebelo
ty.
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Former Stratford resident Justin Rebelo is trying to draw
more attention to Canada's controversial conditional sen-
tencing laws. Rebelo is filmingf a documentary about the
stabbing that almost killed his brother and the condition-
al sentence that his assailant received.
"I didn't know that I was
being stabbed, I just
thought that he was throw-
ing weak body punches,"
Matthew said, reflecting on
the fight. "You wouldn't
expect it to happen to you; I
know I didn't. It seemed so
unreal when my girlfriend
told me that I had been
stabbed."
Conditional sentences
like Mathieu's were intro-
duced by Parliament initial-
ly as an alternative sen-
tence intended for minor
crimes which allow crimi-
nals to serve their sentence
in the community.
These conditions carry a
curfew and other restric-
tions. Conditional sen-
tences are usually for peo-
ple who commit their first
crime.
Mathieu is serving his
sentence in his parents'
home in Montreal. and his
residence had to he
approved by his probation
Officer and have a land
phone line so that his
supervisor can contact him
at any time.
Justin's documentary and
the Victims of Violence
Crime Awareness campaign
are meant to educate, create
awareness and seek
Canadians' opinions about
conditional sentencing.
Justin graduated from
Humber College in the Film
and Television program in
2000. For the past four and
a half years, he has worked
as a television programmer,
for The Movie Network.
He is currently writing
and directing episodes of
the Mpix show Moviehead
and producing commercials
for The Movie Network and
Mpix.
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take place at The Scarlet
Gryffyn, 107 Erie St., start-
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Matthew also attended,
helped him persuade the
local performers to help.
"It really only took a day
to get these bands together
because of the old connec-
tions I had with them," he
said.
"The money from the
concert will help us make
the trip to Banff so we can
shoot more film there."
explained Justin.
After Banff, they'll head
to 13 cities across Canada
to raise awareness. The fin-
ish line for them is Ottawa,
where they hope to hold a
press conference and give
the signed petition to
Parliament.
"Hopefully, we will be
able to get a grant or some
funds from broadcasters
like CBC and TVO when
we go and tell thein about
our idea," added Justin.
The brothers don't expect
to make major waves with
their project, but they hope
to raise enough awareness
among regular citizens that
Parliament will no longer ,
be able to ignore the issue.
"We hope that with this
documentary, Parliament
will banish conditional sen-
tences for serious crimes,"
explained Matthew.
Justin said that condition-
al sentences are applied
very inconsistently and he •
used the case of Justin
Primmer and Derek Boyes
as an example.
The two Stratford men
pleaded guilty to
manslaughter in the stab-
bing death of Bill Welch.
Court records show that Mr.
Welch was stabbed five
times during a dispute at
his Cambria Steet home.
Welch told police of his
killer before succomhing to
his injuries.
Justin Rebelo said the
Stratford incident was basi-
cally the same thing that
happened to his brother, but
the men convicted here got
very different sentences.
Primmer, who admitted
to the stabbing, was sen-
tenced to
10 -years in jail and Boyes,
for his lesser role in the
death, got five.
There will be three or
four cameras at the Dec. 28
concert shooting for • the
documentary. Matthew will
also he coming home from
Banff to attend.
Donations are welcome
and there will he a silent
auction.
"We need to put a spot-
light on this issue so that
people can make an educat-
ed opinion on it," Justin
said.