Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 19, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Local Winnipeg free August As red flags missed in Kuchtey Case by David Kuxhaus staff reporter the Case against four men charged in the beating death of Gordon Kuchtey was shaky Long before charges were defence lawyers said but the very fact that the Case proceeded to trial int said one Legal this seems to be happening More and More University of Mani Toba Law professor David Deutscher he cited two either the prosecutor Al author and i include the Arent doing their Job properly or they dont have the resources to do their Job in terms of checking everything he its not the first time investigators have come under fire in High profile murder in july of Garry Nelson Bunn and Gordon Norman Ross were cleared of murder charges in the slaying of uni City cab Driver Gur Nam Singh Dhaliwal after a key wit Ness in the trial claimed she lied in her testimony because of police pres in police again came under attack when Edward Andronowicz was released after being charged with the murder of his police admitted they didst have evidence beyond a reasonable doubt to take the Case to in police were criticized when murder charges against Bryan Tait police knew Early of holes in witness Story were dropped after it was discovered just Days before the trial that Tait was in jail when Kiyo Shimizu and her daughter Chieko were in in the Brian Jack murder a judge lashed out at officers for not disclosing information to defence lawyers concerning alleged sightings of Christine Jack after her and last murder charges against Gerald Pillion were stayed after police failed to videotape his statement which implicated him in the slaying of Richmond now the Kuchtey Case can be added to the police Are often under tremendous pressure to solve murder eager to pounce on any potential experts sometimes they end up trying to put round pegs into Square said Saul president of the Manitoba criminal defence lawyers Kuchtey was murdered june it want until 1996 that investigators got their first a Vancouver woman tipped them off about an in february of that same investigators flew to the coast to interview the alleged Laurie even at that Early the first red Flag soon White claimed she had left Winnipeg for Vancouver in August of police knew police apparently knew within Days after interviewing White that she had been arrested in Van Couver for a minor offence in february of its right in their but they didst follow through on said either the prosecutor Al and i include the Arent doing their Job properly or they dont have the resources to do their Job in terms of checking everything out University of Manitoba Law professor David Deutscher defence lawyer Sandy who represented one of the the second red Flag came when White told officers that five other aside from the also witnessed the three of the five told police that the account could not have been they All said they haunt spoken to White since the summer of Chapman said investigators did not take statements from the defence lawyers found out about the information when they were Given the officers notebooks just this past in her White claims the murder occurred the summer right after her graduation from marys investigators didst Check to con firm when she finished school it was defence lawyers who discovered White graduated in june of these were things that were easily said there is the discrepancy Between the descriptions of the several apart men dwellers claimed the accused were wearing Bright Neon White told police the accused were wearing Doc Marten boots and dark one theory is that White either lied about witnessing the 1991 or simply got it confused with a beating that happened in the same area in either Deutscher said a Public review of the Case is this is a miscarriage of said he said cases like and the wrongful murder convictions of David Molgaard and Guy Paul create untold people Haven got Confidence that the police can get the right Guy and the Crown can prosecute the right said when the Crown actually became aware of the shortcomings of the investigation is while the prosecutors and police should work Deutscher said its important that a certain distance is maintained Between the you dont want them to identify too closely with he Deutscher was critical of the Crown for bypassing a preliminary hearing by proceeding by direct i dont think theres any question that All of this information would have come Forward at that said direct indictments Are usually ordered when Justice officials fear witnesses May be tampered with if too much time Deutscher speculated that its being done More and More just to Cut Down on court time and save he said the bungled Case should be subjected to a Public police have indicated they will con duct their own cars trucks Cost less at the wild mile dealers Why buy anywhere else Cam Clark a Fol j of Orion Down 97 Ranger Alt v6 efi5 Speed air cruise tilt floor console Power Chrome 225 All season 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