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THE WINDSOR STAR, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12. 1994 E8 Legendary bandit, 58, jailed NATIONAL Lap dancing unwelcome in London, police say London Free Press LONDON, Ont. A court decision In Toronto that it's not indecent for an exotic dancer to be touched Is in for a challenge by London police. Police Supt. Jim Balmain said Friday if one of his officers in a strip bar witnesses lap dancers performing masturbation or the like on customers, they both will be arrested.

He said it then would be up to the Crown to determine if the case goes to court. Spokesmen at two of London's busiest strip bars the Beef Baron and the Fabulous Forum said Friday hands-on lap dancing doesn't take place. In Toronto Thursday, Judge E.G. Hachborn dismissed charges against two Toronto men accused of permitting indecent acts at a club they owned. Police said they saw women apparently masturbating customers and allowing customers to fondle, kiss and lick parts of their bodies.

The judge termed the actions "innocuous" when measured against community standards set in two other rulings, including a 1993 decision by the Supreme Court of Canada that determined it's permissible for men to masturbate in private booths while watching strippers. He also said the so-called "dirty dancing" is not indecent according to community standards of tolerance in Canada. He said that includes dancing while nude, self-fondling, masturbating customers, and permitting customers to fondle, kiss and lick them while dancers sit on their laps. car at gunpoint after an Edmonton holdup. In presenting a joint submission for a 25-year sentence, defence lawyer Kim Edward said her client had stolen in total less than $100,000 and had lived a less glamorous life than news reports at the time of his June 1992 arrest suggested.

SINCE THEN, due to his reputation as an escape risk he may be the only man ever to escape from Kingston and Stoney Mountain penitentiaries as well as the U.S. federal prison in Leavenworth, Kansas Boomer has been held in virtual solitary confinement. The isolation plus frequent moves from institution to institution have taken a toll on Boomer both intellectually and emotionally, Edward said. Boomer told the probation officer who wrote the presentence report he plans to write a few books. brief flirtation with the straight life while out on mandatory supervision In 1988.

According to the pre-sentence report, after Boomer lost a maintenance worker job in Ottawa, he "made a conscious decision to go bad" and return to what he does best robbing banks. AFTER NOTING the prisoner's age, Stayshyn told Boomer he "seriously questions whether you will ever be released," adding that he "will be a very elderly man" before that happens. After noting Boomer's criminal record, which began with a purse snatching 45 years ago and includes numerous armed robbery convictions, the judge said his escapades "may seem romantic and daring to some, but were in reality the waste of a man's life." Boomer who describes himself as "one of the nicest guys but a criminal" left the courtroom smiling and wav- By Doug Lefaive The Hamilton Spectator HAMILTON This city's most notorious bank robber may spend the rest of his life behind the cold stone walls of Kingston Penitentiary. Charles Warren Boomer also known as the Shoulder-Bag Bandit -was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday after pleading guilty to 22 armed robberies in Hamilton, Guelph, Edmonton, Calgary, Kitchener-Waterloo and Cambridge between April 1990 and June 1992. The sentence from Mr.

Justice Walter Stayshyn of Ontario Court general division is concurrent to a life sentence Boomer, 58, got in October after being convicted of six bank robberies in St. Catharines. The career bank robber also has 27 years outstanding from convictions prior to his decision to abandon his Ing to his deaf wife with his thumb, index finger and pinky extended -American sign language for "I love you." The court heard each of the 15 financial institution robberies some jurisdictions charged Boomer for each teller robbed while others charged him by the bank followed a similar script. Boomer would enter alone, brandish a silver, semi-automatic pistol and demand cash before fleeing on foot, by car, or, as on at least two occasions, by bicycle. He also pleaded guilty to stealing a Expect more from Sears lee apples- 0 Clearance Use your Sears Card and don 't pay 'til February 1995 on all furniture and major appliances Furniture includes Sears-O-Pedic sleep sets, living room, dining room, bedroom furniture and more Cexcluding patio and baby furniture).

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