3 "A Family Tradition for 132 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Wednesday, September 9, 1998 - 5 McArthur faces judgement Man convicted in Port Per By John B. McClelland Port Perry Star A hearing that could send Mitchiel 'Micky' McArthur to prison for the rest of his life is scheduled to start in Whitby early in December. The man convicted for the robbery of the Port Perry Bank of Montreal and the shooting of five people nearly four years ago returned to court briefly last Friday after- noon to have a date set for the hearing to deter- mine if he is a dangerous offender. That hearing will open either December 1 or 2, and is expected to last between two and three weeks as Crown prosecutors present evi- dence of his life of crime and hear from psychia- trists and psychologists who have examined him on several occasions over the past 20 years. The 44 year old McArthur, now in prison in the Kingston area, was found guilty a year ago in April on 17 charges stemming from the bloody bank robbery and shootings the evening of Oct. 24, 1994 at the Port Perry Plaza. They include attempted murder, bank robbery, kidnapping, and use of a weapon while commit- ting a crime. His half-brother Angus, now 32, was found not guilty of the same charges by the same jury. After the guilty ver- dicts were handed down by the jury of six men and six women, Crown prosecutors filed an application to have McArthur declared a dangerous offender. The provincial justice department has given its approval to proceed with the application that will be heard by Justice Harry LaForme of the Ontario Court, General Division. If the judge rules in favor of the application, McArthur will be jailed indefinitely with virtu- ally no chance of release. Other criminals in Canada who have been deemed dangerous offenders include child murderer Clifford Olsen and Paul Bernardo, who was found guilty of the rape and murder of two Ontario school girls. In the Port Perry robbery, McArthur and an accomplice got away with about $50,000 from the Bank of Montreal. The branch manager was shot deliberately above the knee, three Durham Police officers were felled by rifle fire while answering the i i December. emergency call, and a real estate agent was hit by a bullet while working in her office would like have been to do this ry bank robbery could Mitchiel McArthur, seen leaving court in this file photo, faces a dangerous offender hearing in go to jail for life McArthur was found guilty of a jewelry store robbery in Toronto in which a police officer was shot in the leg. He was found guilty of a : bank robbery in peemmend Hepworth, Ontario in 1984 in which shots were fired but nobody was hit. He is awaiting trial on a murder charge in Kingston, and for a bank robbery in eastern Ontario. Wells' trial coming up In other court news, a 20-year-old Port Perry area man will have his trial continue on Oct. 19. James Wells is facing numerous charges stem- ming from three rob- beries at coffee shops in Manchester in the sum- "mer and early fall of 1997. His trial opened this summer in Whitby with his lawyer Tom Balka filing an application to have some evidence ruled inadmissable because of the way Durham Police obtained a warrant to search the Manchester residence of Wells' parents where he was living at the time of the robberies. across Hwy. 7A from the plaza. All survived their wounds. About 20 years ago, 2 189 North St., Port Perry Arms (905) 985-1323 he Ainchester Arms Port ferry is closing their doors eptember 17th, 1998. We to thank all our customers who with vg over the past 5 wears and we have decided to have a party for all the coents we will miss at this location. 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