L COURT: No chance of parole for 25 years W q + I c e rs NORTHUMBERLAND TODAY.COM ® THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2010 7 LMP & s ortias 62 i AWARDS . -efDD A 1 fl i= G !° 2e o olborne parade entries celenrate TAMARA CHERRY This "ultimate act of vioâ€" MANDY MARTIN Legion, taking the Ken Palmer Memoâ€" _ Brownies, Guides and Pathfinders for j ‘@ lence... has taken the life of a COLBORNE â€" Santa celebrants _ rial trophy for best overall float as well . youth group; Royal Canadian Legion Br. . c ~ @Mifginy & vulnerable woman in the |_‘were rewarded Dec. 5 with Hoselton _ as the Rose Nelson Memorial trophy for 187 for best service club entry; the OSHAWA â€" Marc Vickers was . prime of her life," Shaughâ€" Sculptures awards for the best entries _ best depiction of the parade theme, A _ Chapman family for family entry; and \geicon;ced fmmi Mzghglle "e‘iï¬yks““d- stt in the Nov. 27 Colborne Santa ClaUs _ Parade of Trees. the Awender group for best single walkâ€" arnoski‘s family and then ickers, now 37, has Parade) ; T $: helped her 14â€"yearâ€"old son _ custody since his arrest June ag:’lï¬ome Rotary club cleaned up at Brlghtqnl‘Speledw:fl)' “"%'11. for best T murder herâ€" and for that, he. 11, 2008. the special ceremony at the Colborne Cl a ol ons Pn in BC aOns was sentenced to life in jail _ As a child, Vickers had been for schools, Castleton/Colborne ? . See AWARDS | Page 10 with no possibility of parole _ abused by "a brutal faltlh(;_rwho T giel > io T umane luncoummn for 25 years Wednesday. assaulted him at will, for no || _ e e o o w e & mt "The murder of Michelle | reason hall the time," creauing . | Appooil lt $ ) B Oeih se ;wasw“â€ï¬ \$rex % Barnoski was an act of susâ€" . a dark past he carried with g’ y es ME S e ol m * Cl ~ _ 89 tained and vicious savagery," him throughout his life, || f _ f e S s _ B .cs C s N SR Justice Bryan Shaughnessy â€" defence lawyer Gary McNeely | @NM@% Wmmsms _ _ _ WO ae e \é. | tafesd ce .o > g said in handing down his senâ€" â€" said before sentencing. % | Bs h _ _ï¬ 0 E) moiry !!* Fl | onl 2 da a uU .~ | gt > wlg | tence.Pointing to the "brutal _ "Mother lefthome because |_@M w i | > o0 o s â€" /. dn i1 qk s K ./ E_ nature" of the crimeâ€"the 33â€" â€" she couldn‘t stand the abuse o * g_},gï¬y.;'“«‘- | > e es _/ i U t h .‘ * yearâ€"old Warkworth woman. â€" she was subjected to, leaving ; t ;um%‘;_â€"_,_vw mat un | h. Aim aey" it t y ; suffered a broken hand and . Mr. Vickers and two sisters to ‘%ï¬, â€"_ Preesd & / | ~_â€" o . l . arm before her 14â€"yearâ€"old take it," McNeely said. "Mr. l’ g}ï¬â€;{‘.@: o "~ e i 2e _ i son shot her seven times in the _ Vickers took the blame for \4 i’%"«%?‘ï¬z‘": * s { > }; s 9 4 head and once in the neck â€" _ things he didn‘teven do so the MS E‘g}j;‘ d h .. SV ; Shaughnessy told Vickers, father would exercise the Goos t ty & ons § 4 ! : ues "Your actions have sealed your physical violence on him "‘ t uen uces ol a fate and you have lost the supâ€" . rather than his sisters. nges & esd port of a family who genuinely "You see before you a man 5 e Y $ \__caredforyou." , who is a product of that enviâ€" n ogummâ€"iee C PX $§4 L | ronment. This is a tragedy in â€â€â€˜"u%fl?;!â€" ie CC _ ;t“ y } ‘a# . ie nlti all ways." . 4 4 ® . LV * 8 T!"s ultimate act of Vickers‘s criminal past was ma s ieninces t â€" in { A j _ violence... has taken â€" peppered with convictions for pooeld e i 5 â€"e 2 3~ the life of a vulnerable 09 Sï¬:’fsï¬gfeai ol g ; MANDY MARTIN photo . woman in the prime of her _ entered into a relationship The Chapman family won the best family entry in the 2010 life" A with Barnoski‘s sister, Nina MANDY MARTIN photo _ Colborne Santa Claus Parade. (From left) Parade committee _ 4 * Pelletier, several years before _ Colborne Rotary Club.cleaned up in the awards department _ Ch2i" Tracey Loveless of the Colborne Legion presents the Justice Bryan Shaughnessy ““I’_lré“éz‘iigi d the warmth ang _ atthe Nov 27 annual Santa Claus Parade. The Ken Palmer _ 2Ward to Travis, Beth and Ada Chapman. j ofuntoon ol nolopitentenconccttc . Geffainaitoaoe Earlier this year, Cody . for "a considerable number Of â€" were presented to Rotay Club mern';:e Don $ ight Lc e B _ \m:| . 1| ~ ols es O Barnoski was convicted of . years," appeared to have rehaâ€" _ ,, P d ith & ber BobR rk PMSpsNSun is i+ 19 * ?ï¬} â€" 2 d M e s ‘ firstâ€"degree murder and senâ€" â€" bilitated himself, Shaughnessy . °V P2aCe Committee member Dob RuSK, eCV TY â€" 10e & tenced as an adult for the May _ said. : o n ateae l e ie e | 17â€"3 5 i‘ o <â€"~ ‘ 27, 2008 murder of his mother, _ His life "began to unravel" o | 25 " \p _ ;;‘* L @ lifting the publication ban on â€" after he and Pelletier split in ;' _Sitbl .. 1 i his name. He was handed life2007, Shaughnessy said. # L. l in jail without the possibility With Barnoski and her son C m h â€"â€"j “;m%,; of parole for seven years. dl g left in the home with Vickers, s fare EVCA @m It was he who pumped the the atmosphere "became ao5 © h 22. m‘ N7 fatal bullets into his mother, _ intolerable" for Barnoski. 2 a, 5 g 5 o mecy i Pn but Vickers who dug the shalâ€" "She was crying and upset -‘-1_‘_ 2" â€" 2« Gep g io 3 PNovl low grave in the backyard of â€" that her son Cody and Mare 935 & =â€" 3 f MANDY MARTIN photo the home where the trio lived Vickers had turned against AZSBR 6 CD A Colborne Public School won the best schoolentry in the before the murder and Vickers her, that they whispered 8 p 1e o oclenity l . 59 3 q parade. 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