Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 11, 1991, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 free july cause of derailment remains torn Page t headaches and officials at the Hiiftle health ser vices Centre said she joined a sent to Hospital just Hows after the derailment with Simi Lar neither Case is considered Dupont said before she fled torn she hurriedly drove grabbed Sofhie her Wallet affy a knitting bag and then picked tip a together they spent the night at a cousins before checking itto a hotel if Bittle to railway o die file said the was too Busy at the her Job at the Birtle museum to be aware of the panic that had gripped her late in the 1 saw All these cars for Lavaf e passing by and 1 thought it was strange but 1 thought they were going on Vaca officers claims denied continued tit Fri Page i f we then the Only winners Are the criminals and defence coun Sel and in some cases they Are one and the Stephen told the the chief said yesterday the re Mark brought the Odd smile but did Little to lighten the me testified he transferred the officers in a bid to improve relations Between police and the Crown attorneys which he said had been strained since ticket Gate in 1988 and had come to a boil with the Pollock 1 Felt something had to be Stephen noting the Pollock affair illustrated the effect the mis Stephens testimony Clouds Issue of officers transfers by Paul Wiecek the question of Why three senior Winnipeg police officers who handled the Harvey Pollock Case were transferred earlier this year got even cloudier at the Hughes inquiry chief Herb Stephens Long awaited appearance at the inquiry shed Little new Light on the As he steadfastly defended statements he made in a March 28 news release that the Pollock investigation was properly conducted and the transfers were Stephens on the Lith Day of the inquiry looking into the circumstances surround pollocks controversial arrest on a sexual As Sault charge last also contradicted his own confidential speaking notes that he read from during meetings with the three offi the notes were introduced yesterday As evidence at the the following is a summary of Stephens statements on the Case and the on the Quality of the investigation d Stephens confidential speaking notes i do have some concerns about various procedures which were followed and this includes not divulging the name of the suspect to the Crown placing him in a difficult i am also concerned that most of the investigation was conducted after pollocks a d Stephens news release the investigation was conducted in a professional manner and in accordance with the standards of the Winnipeg police d Stephen at the Hughes inquiry it was one of the most thorough investigations Ive Ever on the the transfers d Stephens confidential speaking notes had the Pollock Case been handled otherwise i am sure we would not be in the position we find ourselves in i feel that to restore credibility to our department i have to take some d Stephens news release the reason for the transfers of Bell and Dawson was not disciplinary in nature and was not related to the Winnipeg police department investigation of allegations against lawyer Harvey d Stephen at the Hughes inquiry i decided i was going to Transfer them out of the crime division and put new people in there to change the Atmo sphere i never Felt the transfers were City agrees to pay half inquiry Tab the City has agreed to pay half the costs of the Hughes City Council also agreed yesterday to pay the Legal costs incurred by civic employees called to testify during the hearing looking into the arrest of lawyer Harvey Pollock for a sexual assault charge last but Don Mitchelson Hen Derson said yesterday the City is getting off the City of Winnipeg asked for this Mitchelson the provincial government could have said pay for the entire instead there paying Al Golden Gle Lawn argued against paying half the this gives a Blank Cheque to the Legal profession and to anybody in the City of Winnipeg who feels they Are involved in this inquiry to get Legal Trust was having on the depart Stephens testimony came on the Lith Day of the inquiry looking into the circumstances surrounding pol locks controversial arrest on a sex Ual assault charge last he said the fact officers handling the Case decided to withhold pol locks name when seeking advice from a senior Crown attorney showed How distrustful the crime division had become towards the i woul Dve expected what information was available at the time should have been made available to the Crown Stephen adding that he also Felt the offi cers were too Quick to arrest pol he hotly defended the Case stressing he Felt the decision to Lay the sexual assault charge was ultimately they made the right he while admitting there were aspects of the investigation that concerned Stephen vehemently denied that he transferred the offi cers for bungling it a charge they made during dramatic testimony last Stephens testimony appears to Fly in the face of earlier evidence from the officers who said that he summoned them to his office 17 and told them he was trans Ferring them because the Pollock Case was improperly asked for his views on the crowns handling of the Stephen said he Felt suspicious when Matthew Brit the prosecutor handling the stayed the Case against pol lock after just one Day of it concerned me that perhaps it had been stayed because a lawyer was Stephen adding he was also concerned that a Junior Crown attorney was chosen to handle the i thought they Coul Dve put some body with More experience to prose cute the inquiry commissioner Ted Hughes told Stephen late yester Day afternoon that he would have to change today travel plans so two More lawyers could question Stephen told the commissioner he had booked a flight to Montreal for today to which Hughes responded youre not going to make that he advised Stephen to rebook the flight for this said she checked into the Riverside Motel in Birtle adding Shes not impatient to get i Dotty like it but what 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