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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2008 THEPROVINCE.COM NEWS A13 Daycare worker sentenced ced COQUITLAM: Sex assault of six-year-old child sends man, 23, to prison for two years BY KEITH FRASER A former employee of a Coquitlam daycare centre has been sentenced to two years less a day in jail for sex offences committed against a six-year-old girl. In September, Kyle David Lennax, 23, was convicted in B.C. Supreme Court of sexual assault, sexual touching of a child and invitation to sexual touching involving a child. Vancouver man over cocaine border PACIFIC CROSSING: Drugs worth $16m found in compartment BY CASSIDY OLIVIER STAFF REPORTER A 65-year-old Vancouver man has been arrested in connection with a massive cocaine seizure at the Pacific Highway border crossing. Shakila Manzoor of the Canada Border Services Agency said border guards on Saturday seized 121 kilograms of cocaine, with an estimated street value of more than $16 million, and $22,000 US in cash from a commercial truck that was trying to enter Canada from the U.S.

The drugs, packed in onekilo bricks, were hidden inside a false compartment in the truck. They have been turned over to the RCMP. The driver was released pending further investigation. Manzoor had no further details. "What is important is The six-foot, 300-pound man had touched the girl in her genital area on more than one occasion and performed several sex acts.

The incidents happened at the Funshine Daycare Centre over a 10-month period, from September 2004 to June 2005. Police were called and charges were laid after the girl's mother became suspicious. Crown counsel asked for a sentence of between two and three years in jail. The defence said that if jail time was imposed, a sentence of nine to 15 months was appropriate, but that a conditional sentence should also be considered. In imposing her sentence, B.C.

Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Bennett noted that psychological testing of Lennax showed he used "psychological coercion" against the arrested haul didn't make it on to the streets," she said. "It is a significant size." The seizure is one of the largest made by the Canada Border Services Agency in recent months. In February, border officers seized 151 kilograms of coke at the border, Other recent cocaine seizures include 67 kg in January and 43 kg in August. Richard Schmok of Mission was to appear in Abbotsford court yesterday on a string of drug charges stemming from his arrest last week in connection with an alleged dial-a-dope operation. Abbotsford police searched Schmok's Mission home Dec.

19 and said they seized more than 800 grams of cocaine, 199 ecstasy tablets, three cellphones, a replica handgun, a police scanner and ammunition. He was charged with three counts of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking. victim, showed little insight into his acts and was an ongoing risk to reoffend. "I have concluded that a fixed term of imprisonment is necessary to bring home the significance of this crime and the consequences that will be meted out to those who commit such vile acts against a young child." Lennax who was 19 at the time of the offences, had no prior criminal record and had strong family support also received three years' probation. Conditions of probation include that he have no contact with the victim or her family.

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