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PAGE A8THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, NOVEMBER 20,2002 www.durhamregion.com. Attempted murder charges laid in 1986 ATTEMPTED from page 1 The couple's 11 -year-old son entered the family room during the attack and witnessed his father father on lop of his mother, holding the baseball bat. "Go back to bed, your mother's mother's had an accident," Mr. Hart told the boy. "No, you hit her with that bat," responded the child, who began crying. Afraid Mr. Hart would harm the children if police were called, she told her son to call his aunt, Mr. Hart's sister, Patricia Bentley, Bentley, who lived in Picton. Ms. Peterson told Ms. Bentley over the phone Mr. Hart had struck her with a bat. "That's all I had the strength to say. I remember remember her saying, 'We'll be right there,'" Ms. Peterson testified. She said she told the children to stay in their bedrooms before lying down on the family room sofa, waiting for her sister-in-law to make the two-hour drive from Picton. A calm Mr. Hart got his wife an ice pack and told her, "I'm sorry." When she turned her back, he slashed her ear with a knife. "The next thing 1 knew... he had a knife in his hand," Ms. Peterson Peterson said. He pinned her down on the couch, one hand holding her arms and the other "thrusting" the knife under her rib cage, Ms. Peterson testified. Mr. Hart looked "intent, full of hatred... I remember thinking, 'This is it.'" In the struggle, court was told, she cut her fingers when she tried to grab the kitchen knife. About 6 a.m., her sister-in-law and brother-in-law arrived and called 911. Ms. Peterson has large scars from the wounds to her head, suffered suffered a concussion, broken finger and knife wounds to her ear, hands and chest. She was hospitalized for six days and now receives counselling. counselling. Ms. Peterson testified she never saw the captioned photographs photographs depicting her until they were later shown to her by Detective Detective Dave Henderson. She said she never posed nude for her husband and estimated, based on her appearance, they were taken shortly after the couple's couple's marriage in 1982. When asked for an explanation, explanation, she said she must have been "drugged." It isn't thé first time Mr. Hart has been accused of trying to kill his wife. Municipality can't prohibit towers MUNICIPALITY from page 1 Monday, Cynthia Strike, a Clarington senior planner told council the municipality has developed a protocol for wireless earners to consult with Clarington prior to putting up the lowers. The municipality is asking the earners to sign a letter of understanding understanding stating they will hold public consultation meetings prior to erecting the lowers. As well, the municipality municipality has outlined its "preferences" "preferences" for location placement placement including a buffer between between the towers and residential residential areas. However, Ms. Strike told council, the reality is the telecommunications industry is regulated by the federal government and while the municipality can give its input, ultimately it has no authority authority to prohibit towers. Stephen D'Agostino, a representative for Telus, explained explained wireless communication communication is an emergency service so, although the industry is obligated to "provide meaningful meaningful consultation," ultimately ultimately "we should be able to do what we need to do to provide provide service." Mr. D'Agostino D'Agostino said in order to deliver clear reception for commercial commercial users and emergency services, services, the industry needs to have a signal tower as close as possible to high-use areas. "There is a shopping list of areas where you want the maximum signal from. In order to get the signals into people's basements and homes you need towers there. Community buildings are huge users of service. You have to be close to them to provide service." If the municipality puts a lot of restrictions restrictions on where they want the towers located, they may find more towers going up to compensate for the loss in quality of reception, he said. . Mr. D'Agostino said the wireless carriers carriers are hesitant to sign the letter of understanding understanding prepared by Clarington's solicitor because it is very restrictive and reads "more like a contract." Mayor John Mutton asked for reassurance reassurance Telus would not erect any more towers without the letter of understanding understanding but Mr. D'Agostino said he could not provide that assurance. In that case, said Mayor Mutton, "If we are in disagreement disagreement and one is built I'll do everything everything in my power with the federal representatives representatives to stop that cell tower going in." Councillor Jane Rowe said it is a balancing act for the municipality. "We want communications service yet we In November 1986, Mr. Hart gassed his wife hold-', ing a propane tank to her < mouth as she slept, choked her with his bare hands and tried to strangle her with a rope. He was charged with attempted attempted murder, administering administering a noxious thing, aggravated aggravated assault and attempting attempting to render her incapable incapable of resistance with the intent of committing murder, said Ms. Olver. The case, which was resolved resolved when Mr. Hart pleaded guilty to aggravated aggravated assault in 1987, was introduced introduced by Ms. Olver as "similar fact evidence." In describing the 1986 attacks, Ms. Peterson said Mr. Hart choked her with his hands and said "I'm going to kill you" after she said she was leaving. During the night she was awakened by a "hissing "hissing sound" and found Mr. Hart kneeling beside her holding a propane tank to her mouth, court heard. In the morning Mr. Hart wrapped a nylon rope around his wife's neck and pulling tightly, told her to "just relax" as she was choked unconscious. She awoke 30 minutes later "expecting to be in heaven," she testified. Two years after the 1986 charges were laid, the couple reconciled. Court heard during the 2000 investigation police discovered the bloodstained bloodstained bat and the numerous numerous pictures of Ms. Peterson Peterson concealed in floor joists in the ceiling of Mr. Hart's \basement workshop, workshop, near the computer room, y The images were also found on Ijs computer and his laptop computer "which is the property of the Ministry, of Finance," said the statement of facts. Police also found a detailed detailed recipe tor chlorohy- drate, "more commonly known as theVknock-out' drug," on a bench in the workshop, Ms.'plver said. The trial is continuing. CORRECTION NOTICE 111 1 wish to draw your attention to the following in our current 'Canadian Tire'Jlycr. Pane 21. 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