This trial started November 24, 2003 and is
ongoing.
April 19, 2004
by
hbm
I come in
around
9:45.
James Konat is questioning Sergeant Haslett.
Haslett is
explaining why he had to make the targets believe they had some
value, something to contribute to the crime organization. This would
make it more believable: why else would Burns believe that Haslett
would go out of his way to help them? Computers provided a good
reason. Now James has moved on to the North Shore News article that
nearly blew their cover. After May 6th scenario at the Four
Seasons, the undercover officers concluded (after much discussion
amongst themselves) that they needed to go to Bellevue to learn more
about the case. It was done as a precaution against being "tricked"
by Burns (as in, if he gave totally incorrect information, Haslett
should know, as crime boss, because he had an "inside guy in
Bellevue).
Haslett describes SB as reluctant to talk about the murders.
Several spectators present that I don't recognize: a couple of young
women, a middle-aged black man. Guards at door give me smile and
nod of acknowledgement when I come in.
Also, the
paperboard says "Canadian Glossary" then reads:
Fuck-all
Gonch
Boost
"she"
"straight goods"
Smog
RRSP
Hack
Smurfing
Plus a bunch of other words I
can't read from where I'm sitting. I must have missed a hell
of a day last week when that was used.
Haslett has a great
Canadian accent. He’s saying after the 14th and 15th of May,
operators had strong suspicions that SB knew he was dealing with
police. Haslett and others felt a test was most appropriate: decided
to call his house to gauge his tone and responses.
James plays
a 5-14-95, channel 34 intercept of the boys reading the North
Shore News.
Judge
reiterates that the tapes are the evidence; and the transcripts are
guidelines only. If a juror can't hear it, it doesn't count.
Plays, then stalls. Haslett is asked to point out segments where
the boys are reading verbatim from the article. Without a
transcript, this doesn't sound like much to me. Some parts are dead
silent, others near deafening. They laugh after reading about the
undercover cops posing as Mafiosos. Then it sounds like one of them
says "Haslett and Shinkaruk" (except their first names, not actually
“Haslett” and “Shinkaruk). Back to being too quiet. I cannot
decipher any irrefutably clear words right now. Now they're reading
again, and it's louder, but still too distorted.
Song interjects
about the transcript being wrong: it says SB when Jimmy is actually
speaking. They have to replay it. First Konat asks Haslett to
check if he heard his and Shinkaruk's name uttered. He confirms he
did. Haslett had not met Jimmy at the time of this intercept, so
couldn't accurately identify his voice. After another listen,
Haslett says it's NOT Atif reading, it's Jimmy. But agrees they
can't be certain who's saying what. Veronica objects, and is saying
the "Haslett and Shinkaruk" comment was uttered by Jimmy, not
Sebastian. Basically, no one can be sure whether it's
Sebastian and Atif, Sebastian and Jimmy, or Jimmy and Atif who are
reading this article.
James is asking
who Haslett thinks is talking, when, and whether he can identify
them. Veronica objects- foundation (no basis proving that his
opinion on this is valid). She's overruled.
Haslett
believes the voices are Jimmy, SB, and AR. (Defense's position is
that there were only 2 people in the room). Haslett believed
there was a big chance they were being identified as undercover
police in this conversation.
Next
intercept is from 5-15-95 at 6:00 am: (transcripts distributed
to jury.) There's a typo on the transcript. James makes sure to
give a corrected copy to Haslett, which ironically has the
wrong date (says the 14th instead of 15th). Haslett believes this
conversation is between SB and AR. I notice that the defendants are
sitting very close together, probably sharing a transcript.
On the tape,
the boys are listening to some really crazy music- whistling with
bells and acoustic guitar. Sounds like it should be in a western
movie: ok this has got to be a soundtrack. I'm seeing visions of
Clint Eastwood riding a horse through the dessert, surveying all
that lay before him. Now there's some Spanish mariachi-style
horn going...now it's becoming all intense with a Mormon Tabernacle
Choir-style pip organ thing in there. Maybe the guys played this
on purpose, because I can't understand a damn thing they're saying.
(After the tape is done, I can only learn what it was about based on
what is said about it, so bear with me.) James reads on pg. 3:
"Fuckin', you know, you guys, let's like go for a walk or
something." Tape resumes. With all this music interfering
with what's being said, the only thing I can really decipher is the
word "like" over and over again. I can't help but wonder whether
the boys (in the midst of their justifiable paranoia of bugs)
purposefully played the music during this conversation. One of the
guards is giggling, perhaps at another guard (who's nodding off?) or
at the music, which is quite silly and over the top.
Haslett says
the music is the soundtrack from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,
and other Clint Eastwood movies. Bingo!
Project Estate
operators decided the best move would be to place a phone call after
a bit of a time lapse after hearing these intercepts, in hopes that
the North Shore News article wouldn't be quite so fresh in their
minds anymore. They allowed a time lapse because scheduling was
also an issue: the officers were also working on other cases.
The boys read
the article on the 14th, discussed it on the 15th. Project Estate
operators wanted to give SB idea that he wasn't Haslett and
Shinkaruk's main focus: they had other things going on because they
really were busy criminals. May 29 is when they decided to
make a phone call to the boys' home. The officers discussed several
ideas before proceeding, such as telling the boys they had DNA
evidence in Bellevue.
Haslett looks
like (description removed at the request of the court), with similar skin tone and facial features. It
blows my mind that he could convincingly play a crime boss.
When Shinkaruk
placed a phone call to Burns on May 29th, it was with the purpose of
"feeling (SB) out," and seeing if he'd be willing to meet with him
soon. (If Burns was willing to meet, which proved to be the case,
they could assume he didn't think they were cops). They actually
check with the monitor room to make sure their target(s) are
actually there before making a call.
Konat is now
playing Shinkaruk's 5-29-95, channel 35, 6:16 pm phone call
to Sebastian Burns. In lieu of each ring of the phone, an
intolerably obnoxious squealing and beeping begins each of these
tapes. SB answers and says he's "glad to hear from (him)."
Shinkaruk wants to come over. Shinkaruk will call Burns at 10 pm
next day, maybe later because he has "shit to do." Haslett: this
call made him think SB still wanted to participate with the
organization, and that their cover was not blown.
Now we hear the
channel 34 intercept from inside the house at the time of the
phone call between Shinkaruk and SB: phone ringing. I hear Sebastian
talking to Shinkaruk on the phone. Deja vu. Banging around and
some sighing and singing of the Beatles "Happiness is a warm
gun" after the phone call. Everyone is stifling giggles.
4:35 (I
think pm) May, I believe this must be the following day (May
30): Another intercept, beginning with the standard
squealing/beeping for each ring of the phone. It's taking quite a
few rings for an answer this time. A very sleepy-sounding Atif
answers the call. It's Sebastian calling to tell him know he'll be
home in about ten minutes, and to tell Shinkaruk that if he calls
before he gets there. Atif agrees, and both hang up. Haslett says
this also made them confident their cover was intact.
All morning,
James has been trying to demonstrate that the boys believed Haslett
and Shinkaruk were really cops. I'm surprised at this angle.
It's a weird argument to take from my point of view, because I
thought one would have to believe the boys thought there was
a good chance Shinkaruk and Haslett were cops when they confessed,
or why else would they have given contradictory stories? The
prosecution is arguing they made a true confession out of fear
because they really believed the two were gangsters. That
argument doesn't explain all the contradictions in their stories to
Haslett and Shinkaruk. If they were scared into making a true
confession, and given how angered Haslett became when he thought he
was being lied to, wouldn't they have made sure their stories
matched? If they were telling the truth, both of them,
wouldn't their stories have matched automatically? Anyway, I
had expected the prosecution to argue that their contradictory
statements were calculated on their part due to suspicions that the
"gangsters" were really cops, to use as proof of their innocence
should they be caught. But that shows what I know.
Anyway...
11:01 BREAK.
I talk
with Marc Stenchever and Veronica for a while. Court resumes
about 15 minutes later.
7:06 pm,
5-30-95: In conversation inside the house, the boys talking
about Shinkaruk.
Next call
(suddenly we're flying through them, so I didn't catch when this
was): SB answers call from Shinkaruk. It's the one we've heard
already during Shinkaruk's testimony with SB saying "Beotch." Next
we listen to the same phone conversation from within the house (so
it includes conversation before and after Shinkaruk's call). Not
sure why. When Sebastian picks up the phone, he tells Shinkaruk he's
“been waiting with baited breath." Excited yelling ensues after he
hangs up. I can't decipher much of anything. Sounds like maybe the
boys were talking about going to see a movie. LOTS of dead air,
then background chattering I can't make out.
After this
call, officers decided to go with a money-laundering scenario in
Victoria. Involved common criminal practice called "smurfing," in
which money is moved around to various accounts (this is all
familiar territory). Canadian law is to not check/record
transactions under $10K, so they kept it under that. This was the
first time Haslett has ever done smurfing in a scenario. Had to
research the process, then retained the funds and set up accounts
(white collar proceeds of crime investigators did this). Now Haslett
is going over boring details of doing paperwork to get funds for
this scenario. Chose Victoria because it had plenty of banks
(couldn't go to the same banks or risk attracting teller attention.
These transactions were made with actual accounts, and the tellers
had no idea there was anything unusual about them. If Burns
and Miyoshi had botched the job and aroused suspicion, they could
have caused the operation to be exposed). Also chose Victoria to
take SB out of his element, to make him feel more comfortable
(because he had indicated he suspected his home was bugged). Also,
since he brought Jimmy, they hoped they'd catch good conversation
between the two of them (while they shared a hotel room). They
prepared for possibility of evidentiary conversation taking place
during this scenario.
Haslett reads a
two-page advisory from Detective Bob Thompson sent to the RCMP that
May (in order to explain the case to Canadian investigators). It’s
a synopsis of the whole case from the Bellevue Police Department's
point of view. It re-caps the defendants’ activities the night of
the murders, including the defendants (alleged) attempts to make
themselves known/memorable while out on the town. The discrepancies
in their statements once they reached the Rafay home at the end of
the night (such as their different versions of finding Tariq’s body)
are noted in the report. It continues: Atif and Sebastian said they
heard Basma, but didn't go help her. They gave contradictory stories
about discovering Sultana's body. Blood spatter, indicative of a 6'
tall perpetrator, and lots of hair were found in the shower drain.
Report asserts that if anyone other than SB had showered since, his
hair would have been washed down, and the other person’s hair would
have been left in its place. Three pairs of boxers were found in
the washer: two pairs size 30", one pair 32." Pubic hair of
Caucasian origin was found on Tariq's bed. There was money missing
from his room, though money was left alone in another part of the
house. The Bellevue police believed this was an attempt by the
defendants to make it look like a robbery.
Back to the
smurfing scenario. SB was advised by Shinkaruk that bringing
someone might be better. He brought Jimmy with him to the Royal
Scott Hotel. The Project Estate officers obtained a couple of
rooms, one for monitoring. Konat asks: how did Jimmy and SB get to
the ferry that goes to Vancouver Island from Tuwasan (no idea if
this is correct spelling)? Haslett says they came on their own, in
their own vehicle. James enters exhibit 523:
a huge blow-up map of Vancouver Island that Haslett points at with a
pointer stick to help things out here.
Haslett
indicates where they got off. Royal Scott is in the southern end,
within blocks of the BC capital’s provincial government buildings.
Burns and Miyoshi drove from the ferry (Sydney, N. End of island) to
the south end in their own vehicle. They had caught either the 10am
or slightly later ferry. Haslett didn't meet or know who Sebastian
brought along until June 15 at 12:56 pm, after they arrived. He
went to the room 417, where Jimmy, Sebastian, and Shinkaruk were
hanging out.
12:15-
Time to break for lunch: will hear tapes of the Royal Scott
conversations afterwards.
1:15: On
my way back in, I hold the door for Judge Mertel, and realize he's
wearing the COOLEST sunglasses ever!!! I have to compliment him.
They're huge, and both the frames and lenses are red. He's also
wearing a green suit (it’s vaguely leisure-suit-ish), a purple and
green striped tie, and I believe a blue and yellow shirt sort of
plaid shirt. It’s amazing.
Hat lady is
talking intently, excitedly to Noel about blood tests and forensics.
He’s saying “uh, huh…uh, huh…yeah it’s amazing.”
1:49-
All counsel is present, and I'm sitting patiently behind Annie
(guest writer for April 14!) and her friend, waiting. Everyone's
chatting. Where ARE the defendants and when is the jury coming in?
I hear a hearty guffaw from the jury room. Two women come in: one
older, one younger. Older one talks briefly to Davidheiser. She's
attractive and professionally dressed in a light gray suit, and
sports hip eyeglass frames. The younger one is….less so.
1:52-
Judge comes in. Haslett paces around the front. Konat gives more
transcripts to Judge. Everyone starts chatting and joking with
Shyrell. Veronica is talking about a dream she's had...something
about how this trial is like the movie Groundhog's Day. Judge chats
with Haslett. James chats with the defense. He asks how long their
closing arguments will take. Veronica says 20 minutes, laughing.
Jeff says he’s going to try to keep it around two hours. James, on
the other hand, says he will take around six hours, because “I have
the burden of proof.” Marc responds with: “Yeah, and lots of
useless evidence to present.” Of course, they still have to decide
for sure whether each defendant will testify. Jeff jokes that he’s
planning on flipping a coin. They move on to discussing the witness
list, then wander into more casual topics. Specifically, gambling.
They heard of someone who sold everything he owned, went to Vegas,
put all his money in the world (around $150,000) on a single
roulette wheel bet, and doubled his money. James thinks the
roulette wheel is a fabulous way to spend a long period of time
shooting the breeze with a bunch of friends, drinking free drinks.
They move on to black jack. Song loves the $2 table. Song and
Veronica get angry and quit gambling once they’ve lost $20. I am
amused by this because that is precisely my own limit.
Whether it takes me 5 hours or a few minutes, I quit when I'm down
$20, angry at the utter pointlessness of it all. Bob Thompson
enters the court, and informs a disappointed Song that he failed to
find her a dessert downstairs.
Defendants
are brought in at 1:57, followed by the usual tie/belt
adjustments. James also makes an adjustment and adds a jacket.
Jeff isn’t here yet, but court is going ahead anyway.
The jury
comes in at 2:01 and James resumes. He distributes the
transcript of a phone call to the jurors. Jeff Robinson comes in.
6:39 pm:
It's SB and Shinkaruk talking on the phone again. Unfortunately,
the jury has the wrong transcript. When they don’t say anything for
a good 20 seconds into the tape, then complain, James says "it took
you long enough" and the jury all giggles collectively.
They get it all
sorted out and resume the tape:
Shinkaruk: Do
you know who this is?
Burns: Yes...(Shinkaruk) the man.
Shinkaruk: you don't sound as energetic as usual
Burns seems to
respond to this by making a bunch of lively noises and hooting.
Shinkaruk asks "are you into making some coin tomorrow?" then "the
day after?" Shinkaruk says he wants him to come to Victoria, BC, but
does say here if Burns doesn't want to go he doesn't have to. SB is
aghast that he wants him to be in Victoria in two days at noon. He
says its "kinda rough" transportation-wise. Shinkaruk says it would
“help matters” if he brought someone, and he needs to know the same
day whether SB is going to go or not (Shinkaruk will call back at 10
that night to check). Shinkaruk refers to money only as "coin."
Next phone call:
6-14-95:
portions of
call between Jimmy and a female named Ayako. Jimmy says he
“might go to Victoria tomorrow to see some guys.” The woman is
speaking Japanese at some parts. He responds in English I think.
It’s hard to understand what’s being said, and not just because I
don't speak Japanese. Apparently Burns and Miyoshi are going to
drive a mustang to the Royal Scott.
Then we hear
the June 14 tape of Shinkaruk calling back: Jimmy answers first,
then we hear SB demanding the phone from him. He tells Shinkaruk
they're on for tomorrow. Shinkaruk tells SB where to find the
hotel. He's going to be in room 417. Shinkaruk says he's depending
on him. He's getting a 10am ferry.
Now we hear
the June 14, Channel 34 (house) tape of the same phone conversation
we just listened to. Hear Jimmy answer....Feedback noise.
Despite this being a recording from inside the house, Shinkaruk is
somehow audible here too, which I don’t really understand. SB gives
a silly "ha ha ha" (which Shinkaruk repeats, confused at why Burns
uttered it), then SB says he doesn't know where the hotel is. The
conversation closes with Burns saying “the only way I'll be late is
if there's no 10 o’clock ferry." Shinkaruk says "there fuckin' will
be," to which Burns responds "then I'll fuckin' be there."
In the house
conversation after SB hangs up, Jimmy asks "are you sure they
respect you?" It’s just he and SB talking. I notice that a lot of
the jury isn't reading the transcripts. In fact, most appear not to
be. It sounds to me like SB is explaining the Haslett/Shinkaruk
relationship to Jimmy. I really can't hear well, only catching
snippets like “Shinkaruk is the number two guy, and that’s how it
is” or something along those lines.
June 15 and 16:
When the
boys arrived in room 417, Shinkaruk called Haslett and he came down
to the room.
Purpose of
this scenario: Haslett wanted Burns to see a different side of
the crime ring (money vs. petty car stealing). He also wanted
to spend more time with SB. Haslett explained to them how the
smurfing unfolded, how safe it was to SB and Jimmy, and instructed
them to not "bring any heat," meaning to NOT bring any undo
attention to themselves. Haslett explains the smurfing process
is as simple as handing the money with a deposit slip (pre-filled
out for the boys’ convenience) to the teller, she/he'll stamp it,
and they’ll be on their way.
Haslett decided
to include the “NO HEAT” instructions because SB had expressed
concern about getting in trouble. He didn't want any unnecessary
attention on him or any of this associated with his name, and
Haslett wanted to make him forget his concern for this and move
forward with the scenario.
Haslett and
Shinkaruk did a dry run of the smurfing before the defendants came
to town. For the scenario, Shinkaruk drove the boys around to
banks, while Haslett followed undetected behind them with Inspector
Henderson. They monitored the car conversation.
Haslett
describes the configuration of the room at the Royal Scott hotel.
It had a sitting area with couches/chairs, separate bed area,
kitchenette.
James asks if
any interesting subject was raised prior to embarking on the
afternoon of smurfing. Why yes there was, Haslett tell us.
Sebastian asked if he'd “done his homework” (in reference to Haslett
finding out information about the situation in Bellevue). To keep
with the role of crime boss, Haslett decided to brush him off at
that time. He didn’t want Sebastian to think it was high-priority
for him.
Shinkaruk's car
had a transmitter in it. Unfortunately it was not 100% effective,
and they had to follow very closely to the vehicle to pick up a
signal. At 1:08 pm, the boys and Shinkaruk departed for the smurfing.
Haslett left the hotel just minutes behind, and was back at 3:38
pm. Shinkaruk, Jimmy, Sebastian were already back when he returned.
James plays
a Royal Scott Hotel June 15 conversation that took place before
SB and Jimmy departed for smurfing. It jumps in at some midpoint
and it sounds like they’re discussing some weird things that have
made them suspicious: they think some cops stole Sebastian's bike.
They’re kind of jumping around. Jimmy says he's “faster with the
wit, not the whip” than SB. Discussion moves to the movie. Burns
says they’ve worked on the script, and will start filming in July or
August. They need to cast lots of extras. Describe how thick
traffic was getting to south Victoria. Haslett calls, and Shinkaruk
talks to him. Jimmy says they were leaving tire tracks all over the
highway getting there. They drove in one vehicle. Shinkaruk gives
them expense money. Now on to discussing cars. SB says the Acura
NSX-T is the right car for Shinkaruk, who already has a Corvette and
Trans Am. They make fun of Shinkaruk: “I thought only Asian guys
drive automatic sports cars.” Jimmy makes a comment that makes zero
sense to me, something about if he wants to be Asian, he should put
a garlic clove on head. (We later find out, when James asks Haslett
to explain this, that Jimmy was wearing his hair in a ponytail
at the front of his head, with the hair splayed up and
forward in a fashion reminiscent of a clove of garlic. No idea
why he thought this would be a good idea, especially when they don't
want "no heat.") They’re talking about getting SB a Mustang.
SB didn't understand Haslett's answer to his request for a car.
Haslett didn't seem to be interested. SB is saying he and Haslett
don't "get" each other, using their conversation about Woody Allen
conversation as an example.
Haslett comes
in and meets Jimmy. He starts explaining what they're doing.
Depositing under $10,000 shouldn't require ID. If it does, it’s no
biggie, they can choose to show it or not. If they don't want to
show it, or answer any questions, they should just leave. The
account is under a business name, and they'll say they work for this
business. Now they’re back to talking about the cops stealing his
bike again. This apparently has made SB pretty paranoid. James
stops the tape and asks about this. Haslett doesn't know anything
about the bike, and it has nothing to do with Project Estate. The
RCMP did in fact try to bug the boys’ (or Rafay family’s)
brown Honda while the boys were away as part of the project, but the
bike is a mystery. According to Jimmy’s voice on the tape, cops had
been to the house before because the boys had been "hassling their
neighbors" and saw his bike (not sure if it’s Burns or Miyoshi’s
bike), not locked up. The cops said they should lock it up, and if
it got stolen to call them (snidely). The weird thing is, Burns saw
a police vehicle leaving the immediate vicinity of their home one
day, and then discovered the bike missing.
Burns mentions
the “did you do your homework” comment here, before they departed.
Haslett waved his hand and said "later."
Break.
Defendants are back at 3:20. There’s a guard today that I've never
seen before. AR chats with Marc and Veronica; SB chats with Jeff;
Song on phone (she apparently saw Marc's house this weekend, which
is on the market); James and Haslett confer.
Judge in at
3:22. Shyrell gets jury ready. Jury in at 3:24.
Judge tells
everyone to sit and James resumes.
They briefly clarify the garlic
clove comment (see above.)
Resume tape.
They're talking about Jimmy's hair. SB tells him to take it down.
SB: broaches
subject to Shinkaruk of being more discrete on the phone next time,
as opposed to openly talking about "making coin."
Shinkaruk then
asks the boys what beer they want to drink. Jimmy apparently is fond
of Rogue Ale, but neither of them are big drinkers.
Depart to
smurf at 6 banks. Shinkaruk goes to pre-arranged phone both to
call Haslett. Undercover operators taped SB and Jimmy's conversation
in the car while he was away. They wanted to gauge their responses
to what had happened in that scenario. SB told Jimmy he wanted to
talk to Haslett alone. Haslett relayed this to Shinkaruk on the
phone. They agreed Shinkaruk would leave deposit stubs in his car
on purpose. When back at hotel, Shinkaruk would leave under the
pretext of getting them, so SB, Haslett, and Jimmy could talk alone.
Haslett drew SB away, out of earshot from Jimmy.
Resume tape:
Jimmy explains he doesn't drink because as a "yellow person" he
gets flushed. It also makes him puke, then drink more. He
finds he "doesn't need to go to parties and get drunk." They're
talking about Rogue Beer again. SB offered Jimmy water, and
Shinkaruk jokes like he's upset he didn't offer him anything. Tells
him to offer Haslett a beer when he comes in (he enters here).
Shinkaruk tells SB to "socialize over some water." When Haslett
enters, Shinkaruk whispering "offer him water...offer him water..."
is audible. SB says "I'm supposed to offer you a glass of
water.'' They continue to chat about water, opening beers with
teeth, silverware. SB says "Mmmm...I'm gonna taste my cookies" in a
sing-song voice. There's the rustling of a cookie bag.
Shinkaruk and Haslett do the bit about retrieving the deposit slips,
and Shinkaruk leaves. Haslett asks if Shinkaruk gave them expense
money, and if they're ok staying the night. James stops the tape so
Haslett can explain it was good to have them stay the night in case
they talked about the murders, the scenario, or what they think of
Shinkaruk and Haslett.
James is
questioning about the ferry again. Transportation was about
$40, and Shinkaruk had given them $300. They never expressed
interest in leaving, or that they didn't want to stay and continue
the "work." SB suggests in complete seriousness that they do the
following day's banks on roller blades, because it's charming and
makes people react positively. No one would ever suspect roller-blading
dorks off white-collar crime. Haslett says no, maybe next
time.
SB says again
now "so, did you do your research?" Regarding their 5-6-95
conversation about Bellevue. Haslett made it look like he didn't
want to say things in front of Jimmy, and asks Sebastian to come to
the partitioned-off bed section of the room. Jimmy
unfortunately misunderstood and followed them over, so Haslett sent
him away. Haslett tells SB about his guy in Bellevue - Song objects
(tape speaks for itself)- overruled- Haslett continues: he has a
good guy in the states, and "when he knows, you'll know." SB says
ok, and adds "you can say anything in front of (Miyoshi)."
They rejoin
Jimmy. SB asks if Haslett knows any good lawyers "for future
reference." Haslett says he'll "get him a top gun lawyer." Haslett
saying "lawyers cost fuckin' money," and "the less (he) has to deal
with them the better." Haslett is basically discouraging them
from getting a lawyer. SB says they are well-practiced at
"distracting people with bizarre tidbits of social stimulus" in
reference to the roller-blade smurfing approach they wanted to use.
Haslett says
they should meet the following day at 11 am, and "they'll be done by
fuckin' noon."
General joking
and chit-chat. Jimmy says if
a bank asks for
ID and
he's really desperate, he can act like he doesn't speak English.
Discussion goes
back to macking (an old stand-by subject), then on to seeing tourist
attractions while they're in the neighborhood. Sebastian
suggests going to the wax museum. (Incidentally, this is my
personal favorite attraction in Victoria, and I recommend it to all
who visit the city).
Now they're back to talking about
Burns and Rafay's movie. Burns says the
"script is brilliant...I'm confident we're going to make a few
bucks...It's for sure to uh, get uh, like either, either the Cannes
or Sundance Film Festival." Shinkaruk has never heard of Sundance.
SB explains, then goes on to say Muriel's Wedding is a horrible
movie. Someone opens a bottle with their teeth, and it grosses
everyone out. SB is pontificating on why John Travolta was cast in
Pulp Fiction, and then adds: "Samuel L. Jackson is fuckin' AWESOME."
Then we end for the day.
The jury exits,
and Judge Mertel says: "this is brutal, and I urge you to expedite
it."
RD has issues:
copies of something from Canadian court. Didn't quite catch this.
Had to catch a bus outside instead. |
