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Bail seen as an injustice By Dale Bass STAFF REPORTER dale@kamloopsthisweek.com
A man whose life was changed forever during a confrontation with teens in Kamloops is disgruntled with the justice system after the 15-year-old charged with his assault was again set free after violating the conditions of his first release from custody. Mike Forry has moved back to Mackenzie, an eight-hour drive from the 7-Eleven store on Tranquille Road in Brocklehurst, where he was struck in the head with a long board, ending up in a coma in Royal Inland Hospital. That was on March 24. The teen was arrested in mid-June, released on bail and then charged with additional offences after a confrontation with a bylaws officer, an incident at a group home in which he was living and a trip to a store where the teen allegedly became angry and threatened to hit employees with a longboard. “They need to do something with this kid or he’s going to kill somebody,” Forry said. “And, if the government knew he was like that, they shouldn’t have let him out in public.” Forry said he is surprised the teen has indicated he will plead not guilty to the assault “because everything’s on video from the store.” He scoffed at the list of challenges the youth’s lawyer said he lives with, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and his own assault while a youth. “I have PTSD, too,” Forry said. “They took out a piece of my skull, two inches by six inches, and they found a lot of things wrong when they looked at my brain. There were 11 machines that kept me going at one time. Somebody’s got a picture of it, but I don’t need to see it.” Forry is unable to return to his mining work, where he dealt with heavy hydraulics. “I’m trying to live on half of what I used to make,” he said. “It’s all gone gnarly now. It’s tough. I don’t know what the hell I’m going to do.” Forry has spoken with a lawyer, who told him it would be difficult to sue the youth or the government that had placed him in care. “So, I guess I’m just going with this sleigh ride and see what happens with this kid,” he said. The teenager, who turns 16 later this year, is now in a care home on the Coast and Judge Chris Cleaveley, in releasing him, said he is confident enough controls are in place to protect society. No date has been set to deal with the charges.
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