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www.durhamrcgion.com t kl n THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, JANUARY 21,2004 PAGE 3 [Women 'Rude comment/ led to fatal ^remembered |as best ■ -- -- -- -- -- -- w -- -- stabbing, murder trial told ifriends BY JOHN SLYKHUIS Staff writer KESWICK -- ; Mourners packed Our Lady of the Lake Catholic church to overflowing Tuesday for the funeral funeral mass of Christine Harrington and Kathleen Kellachan. Remembered for their passion for life, bright smiles and devotion to family, the two women were remembered remembered in a moving ceremony. Ms. Harrington, 19, and her aunt, Ms. Kellachan, 36, were killed instantly instantly Jan. 15 when massive containers containers from derailed freight cars crushed Ms. Harrington's car at an overpass in Whitby. She had been staying with Ms. Kellachan instead of driving back through a snowstorm to the Keswick home she shared with her parents Michael and Angela Harrington and her three-year-old son Nolan; Father Stephen Hull told the mourners, "This is one of the hardest things I've ever had to do as a priest...the young are not supposed to die. The burning question is why? Why did Christine and Kathleen have ■ to die?" He said only faith in the resurrection resurrection made the pain easier to bear. Fr. Hull remarked on Ms. Harrington's Harrington's gift to her young son Nolan - the gift of 1 life and love. "It will be in Nolan that Christine's legacy will continue." A piper led the family out of the church, the ashes of the 1 two women contained together in a companion urn held by their grief-strjcken relatives. relatives. A trust fund has been set up for Nolan by the Lake Simctie Minor Softball Association at the Scotiabank I in Keswick. The transit number is ■ 15362 and account number 0023787. Your Community Newspaper serving Clarington Pair argued before coming to blows, witness testifies BY STEPHEN SHAW Staff writer DURHAM -- A "rude comment" directed at a girlfriend during a massive massive post-prom field party ignited a confrontation that led to the fatal stabbing stabbing of a young man, a jury has heard. Jesse Owen Gray, 24, received eight knife wounds.-- including one to the heart that caused his chest to fill with blood -- during the fight June 8, 2002, prosecutor John Scott said during his opening address Monday at the trial of Cary Cleyndert, 20, of Scugog. Mr. Cleyndert has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Mr. Gray, of Mussulman Lake in York Region. Court. heard Mr. Gray and Mr. Cleyndert were among more than 500 revellers at the annual, organized field party for graduating students of Uxbridge High School and other north Durham schools. ' , The deadly clash occurred after Mr. Cleyndert. began "bugging" several girls, including the victim's girlfriend Mellissa Bell, near a stage located on the property at Zephyr Road and 4th Concession, court was told. "A rude comment was said to me... I. told him to f-- off and we walked (away)," Ms; Bell testified yesterday in Superior Court. "He came back over to where we were... We didn't want him there but he wouldn't leave," Ms. Bell said. One of her friends splashed a drink 1 on Mr. Cleyndert, and lie responded by "spitting on both of us," • the Crown witness said. Mr. Cleyndert walked away and Ms. Bell told her boyfriend, Mr. Gray, about what happened. 'Mr. Cleyndert chose to have a knife, a knife he could conceal in one hand, a knife that he could open with one hand,' --Crown prosecutor John Scott "Jesse came over and asked what was wrong. I said, 'This guy has been bugging us. The guy in the brown leather coat had spit on us,"' she said. Mi: Cleyndert raised his arms above the crowd of people "pointing himself out" and Mr. Gray went over to confront confront the defendant, Ms. Bell said. As the fight broke out a circle formed around'the pair, blocking her view. The next time she saw Mr. Gray he was lying bleeding on the ground lifeless. Mr. Scott said the fight between "two big men" broke out shortly after 4 a.m. as music blared from speakers and partygoers danced and consumed alco hol and some drugs. "Gray came to the fight with only his hands... Mr. Cleyndert chose to rely upon his hidden weapon," he said. Witnesses saw Mr. Gray throwing punches at Mr. Clcyndert's head and Mr. Cleyndert hitting back in an "underhand "underhand direction," said Mr. Scott. Mr. Gray fell to the ground, struggled struggled to his feet and kept on fighting until he collapsed again, court was told. "What does Mr. Cleyndert do? He fleés," said the Crown, adding the accused accused made his way to the road and offered offered someone money for a ride. He was arrested at the scene when a police officer stopped a group of party- ers standing near the road asked to see their hands. "Mr. Cleyndert produces his hands and there's blood on them," said Mr. Scott, adding there was also blood on his shirt. Mr. Scott said the case "comes down to the choices made by Mr. Cleyndert. "Mr. Cleyndert chose to have a knife, a knife he could conceal in one hand, a knife that he could open with one hand. "He chose to attend the party with that knife," he said. Prior to the party, Mr. Cleyndert allegedly allegedly showed off the butterfly knife to several friends, telling them it was for "protection," Mr. Scott said. Court heard Mr. Gray consumed some alcohol, marijuana and cocaine at the party. However, "He chose to go (to the party) unarmed," said the Crown. The trial, which is expected to last five weeks, continues in Whitby. 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