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News (Media Awareness Project) - CN BC: Drugs Ruined Family, Says Sister
Title:CN BC: Drugs Ruined Family, Says Sister
Published On:2007-04-05
Source:Penticton Herald (CN BC)
Fetched On:2008-01-12 08:50:14
DRUGS RUINED FAMILY, SAYS SISTER

Drugs have completely ruined her family, Dustin Paul's sister said
Wednesday.

Anona Kampe was commenting outside the Penticton Courthouse following
the sentencing of her brother to life in prison with no chance of
parole for 16 years for the Oct. 30, 2004 shooting spree which left
three people dead and two others wounded.

Kampe said the impact of drugs on her family has been devastating. Her
father, Garth Brayshaw was killed in a drug-related shooting at the
Riva Ridge mobile home park in June 1999.

"I remember the day that I found out that my Dad was a drug dealer --
and I cried for days because nothing good can come out of drugs," she
said, fighting back tears.

"You're taught in school that the drug dealers are the bad people in
the world. I never knew our family could be a part of that because I
don't think that we're the bad people."

Court was told how Dustin Paul was forced to take over as head of his
family following his father's death -- and eventually slid into a
similar lifestyle of dealing in drugs.

Psychiatrists testified during his trial that he was in a "transient
psychotic state" from consuming huge amounts of cocaine, alcohol and
marijuana during an all-night party which continued into the next
morning. While partying next to Shingle Creek on the Penticton Indian
Reserve, Paul claimed he heard a voice in his head, grabbed a handgun
from his truck and began shooting.

Kampe said she hopes people will realize that drugs are
trouble.

"Look what it's done to my family. It has taken my father, it has
taken my brother -- a person who I love," she said.

"If one positive thing will come out of this horrible tragedy, it's
that you need to stay away from drugs. You need to become something,
just get the hell out of here."
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