_Lasthiit News July 20, 1988 CHICKEN & SEAFOOD 2816 Columbia Ave. D-sar-D DINING LOUNGE OPEN 4 P.M. DAILY AIR CONDITIONED WESTAR & COMINCO VOUCHERS ACCEPTED RESERVATIONS FOR PRIVATE PARTIES — 365-3294 Located | mile south of weigh scale in Ootischenia — LICENCED DINING ROOM — SUMMER Monday to Saturday, 5:30 a.m. - 8 p.m. 365-8155 1004 Columbia Ave. Castlegar CONCERT IN PARK... . The Clan MacDougall plays at Kinsrnen Park tomorrow as part of the local Concert in the Park se sday to the end of July in the park. s which runs every Thur- BETTE MIDLER ,, LILY TOMLIN ° BIG __BUSINESS [332 a! suagect've 1anguage {LILY TOMLIN Md BETTE MIDLER FOR COMPLETE 24 HR. SHOWTIME INFORMATION = TRON 365-1621 . ATR Guru killer jailed LONDON (CP) — A former British Columbia resident pleaded guilty today to murdering and cutting off the head of a man he once considered the incarnation of Jesus Christ. Court ordered that John Tiernan, 81, be confined indefinitely to a mental hospital for stabbing and decapitating James Immel last November in London. In a confession read to the court, Tiernan said he| felt “euphoric and ecstatic” after killing his former Hare Krishna guru “He deserved to die. He was the anti-Christ.” The court was told Tiernan even LEGION BR. 170 DANCE SAT. JUKE BOX Guests must be signed in Proper dress alter 9 p m Open Monday to » Thursday Ne Friday & Saturday, HY noon - 2 a.m. 365-7017 We scon” Lic. No. $6071 Canadi>n Tinned Marec business or pleasure 365-6616 LISA STRELAEFF — TRAVEL CONSULTANT — Travet a aS — NOW IN Lisa can guide you in making your trip a most en- joyable one! Make your arrangements with Totem “A TRUSTED NAME IN TRAVEL!” CASTLEGAR Located Under Castlegar Savings Credit Union ————-— WITH THIS COUPON —-—-——— THE 1st 200 CUSTOMERS ARE ELIGIBLETO... Name Address Phone Draw to Be Announc od DROP OFF CASTLEGAR OFFICE ONLY. AIRLINES ° CRUISES *RAIL* TOURS *GROUP CHARTERS: 1560 Bay Ave., Hours: Monday to Friday 10 @.m. - S p.m. TRADE _ - Xe .m. = 4 p.m, Trail © 364-1254 605-18th St., CASTLEGAR (Below C.5.C.U.) © 365-6616 tually came to believe that Immel was the embodiment of the devil as depicted in the Bible. Immel was found dead on Nov. 13 his 39th birthday — in the London shop where he worked. His head had been cut off and placed in his lap. He and Tiernan both lived in Victoria, where they were among religious zealots who started a feud in 1987 when the Social Credit party tried to establish a prayer room in the B.C. legislature. The prayer room was eventually closed The two were among protesters who tried to camp on the legislature's front lawn last year to demonstrate against uranium mining. Immel operated a craft store in Victoria called Peace on Earth. In May, 1987, he left his common-law wife. He went to Hawaii and then London with another woman, causing a bitter split with Tiernan. Tiernan lived in Victoria with Im mel’'s former wife. until he was deported to Ireland last October. LSD USED Immel was one of the leaders of a Hare Krishna sect called ISKCON until he was expelled from Britain in 1982 after it was discovered that he was giving his disciples marijuana and LSD. Born in Ireland, Tiernan had fol lowed Immel around the world for 12 years, convinced that the American was the incarnation of Jesus Christ. & RESTAURANT Tiernan was to have gone on trial Monday for murder, but he pleaded guilty today to manslaughter. He told police that after killing Immen, “It was like the whole world had been lifted off my shoulder. The head is off the beast.” Psychiastrist Robert Dolan told the Central Criminal Court that Tiernan suffers from “grandiose and persecutional delusions.” The court was told Tiernan came to believe that his former guru was the beast depicted in Revelations, partly because the three names Immel used for religious purposes all had six letters. And 666 is supposed to be one of the signs of the beast. “Do you remember Rasputin?” Tiernan added, in reference to the Russian monk believed to have exer. cised a powerful influence over the family of the last czar. “I am sure the same spirit that was moving Raspu tin was moving Immel.” The court was told Tiernan also came to believe after watching a movie about Adolf Hitler that Immel was a reincarnation of the former German dictator. “He (Immel) has ruined a lot of lives and he sells LSD,” Tiernan told police. “I had to kill him. I didn't want innocent children, men and women abused any longer. They came looking for truth with innocent hearts willing to offer themselves completely to God. And he took that innocence.”