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EDMONTON (CP) - About 60 friends of Stefan Conley gathered Friday at a pizza restaurant to honour the friend they knew as Wil and to try to make sense of his violent, public death.
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Conley, 35, died March 2 after he was severely beaten on a city transit bus. The four teens charged with manslaughter in the case appeared in a packed courtroom Friday and had their bail application put over.0 j) y, R% E5 X* e
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Conley's case sparked public outrage and prompted police to re-think its emergency response after it was learned it took officers a half-hour to respond to the attack.1 g' l2 L+ ^, B- a9 G% g) `+ H4 X
% H8 p* _0 ]+ t2 y, q- Y: O1 j$ xThe noon-hour crowd at Chicago Joe's Pizza and Pub had trouble containing their emotions Friday, said Stasha Bodnar, who worked karaoke with Conley at another club.8 s/ o l9 y" ?- j% n) M
0 b( \- \7 ]( g" D: m2 @9 J+ S, G"There's a lot of anger. In times like this people have different ways of dealing with their grief and there's a lot of anger from all of those friends."; a7 |6 ?1 ^/ B; h% c
& s3 U" q0 U" s( T7 fAnother friend, who would only give her name as Veronica, said she struggles to understand why none of the other passengers on the bus came to his aid.
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# k! a0 g- F# U( a% @# r"I couldn't just stand back and watch someone else get beat to death, but that's me. I don't know what's going through their heads at the time and we can't blame them."
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A 19-year-old male passenger who was on the bus has said he and his fellow riders are being unfairly criticized, and that he was too frightened to jump in and try to stop the attack.
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In the afternoon, 100 people - family and friends of both the accused and Conley - jammed a downtown courtroom for the bail hearing.
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f. \% M7 p, w$ F0 A4 cThe four were shackled and sat quietly in the prisoners' dock. One is 16 years old and the other three are 17.2 }5 ]" r. }, \/ y4 s
% F1 A" D# P _7 h6 wTheir application was put over until Monday after the Crown prosecutor asked for time to get more information from police.4 n" j& @6 S3 q4 h4 n
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Among those in the gallery was Stefan's father, Steve, who had driven to Edmonton from his home in Apsley, Ont., along with his son, Scott.+ R6 ], @, I: d0 K
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He said it was hard to look at the accused.
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6 j9 g, |* F+ g% C [ w' a% E0 t"It was very difficult to stay in my seat," he said. "At the same time, as our system works, they are still innocent until proven guilty."( D D+ o( D+ U6 Z
- F% ^( a1 C) U. C3 C! ]8 w9 Q% mConley, who grew up in Cookshire, Que., and moved to Edmonton five years ago from Hamilton, Ont., was a passenger on the bus when he reportedly got into an argument with a group of teens. ?8 T; {4 a* ]. Y# F2 K1 f
. ~) {/ g" R/ e1 @5 J9 [The group then allegedly turned on him and beat and kicked him. He died later in hospital. An autopsy listed the cause as blunt force trauma.
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Edmonton police Chief Mike Boyd has said it took too long for police to reach the scene.
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) Q4 T$ M+ e) r# g9 Z& {He said police are changing how their cruisers are dispatched. One patrol unit in each district will now be available to respond to a priority call.
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6 Y- I5 V% ^4 j$ }+ G; g* wStefan Conley is to be cremated and his ashes buried next to his mother in Cookshire. |
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