Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 22, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 local Winnie pc Macii 2001 i key soph now witness admits says officer told him which number to pick during 1982 police lineup by Leah Janzen seduced by the desire to be a hero and influenced by a key witness in the Barbara Stop Pel murder trial spun a web of lies that ultimately led to the conviction of Thomas an inquiry heard John told an inquiry into Sopho nows wrongful murder conviction he lied at each of Sopho nows three murder trials because he wanted to see soph now jailed for the you wanted to see soph now convicted of that really the Long and the Short of int asked inquiry counsel Richard Doerksen and if that meant you would have to you were prepared to do that Wol son Doerksen a Middle aged also testified a Winnipeg police investigator pointed to soph now when Doerksen had difficulty picking the Man out of a 1982 throughout his full Day on the Doerksen repeatedly admitted to lying to police and Justice officials after Stop Pels 1981 at each of Sopho nows three Doerksen who was Selling Christmas Trees outside the doughnut shop where Stoppel was killed testified he chased the girls killer from the shop to the nor Wood Bridge where the two wrestled until the Man pulled a knife and threat ened he told police and the courts he returned to the doughnut hailed a cab and followed the suspect Back Over the but during a january 2000 interview with Doerksen admitted he never followed the killer after the two tangled on the and simply went to buy Beer and headed just Days after Winnipeg police arrested soph now in Vancouver in March Doerksen was called to View a suspect despite the fact that soph now stood nearly a head taller than anyone else in the Doerksen was unable to say for sure he was the he police were so intent on fingering soph now they gave Doerk sen a helping David Shipman said in talking to you and its not going to leave this in going to Tell you who the Guy is and he pointed to said Doerk he said hed deny it if it Ever came to but when he was still unable to identify Doerksen said police picked him up on some outstanding traffic tickets a couple of Days later and brought him to the Public safety build ing where soph now was being Doerksen said it seemed to be arranged that soph now and he would pass each other in the hallway of the remand but the Man was unable to identify soph now As the Doerksen asked a guard to arrange another meeting and it was after a Brief encounter in a darkened cell that Doerk sen positively identified soph now As but Doerksen admitted yesterday he Felt Only 90 per cent certain that soph now was the Man and had seen Many people he Felt could have been the killer in the Days and weeks after the Doerksen testimony launched the second phase of the inquiry aimed at uncovering what went wrong with the police investigation and prosecution of who spent nearly four years in jail for 16yearold Stoppels provided by court Power Days a key witness was unable to identify soph now in a police lineup until an officer told him soph now was police open window on exoneration for the first time Winnipeg police offered a glimpse into Why they exonerated Thomas soph now of bar Bara Stoppels an inquiry into Sopho nows wrongful conviction was shown a videotaped police interview yesterday Between investigators and a witness in the Case that was taped in january throughout the Bob Legge repeatedly tells John Doerksen that police Are certain soph now did not commit the murder in its a situation where the killer brutally killed her and walked away and asked this lady to lie for says this person came Forward and said they were forced to lie for the killer that police have not made Public the name of the person who offered up the new after Winnipeg police chief Jack Swatski exonerated soph now of the murder last police revealed they had a new suspect in the he is Terry an 18year old Man in who was living in Winnipeg at the time of the police believe whoever attacked Stoppel did so after she turned Down his that extreme says Legge to he goes into a store to try and become Stoppels gets rejected and strangles her with brutal throughout the police investigators also Sug Gest to Doerksen that the killer threatened people close to him to keep them quiet about his Arnold is serving a life sentence in a prison for the murder of a he is also a suspect in a Calgary Jeff de body Winnipeg free press i Jim i Lucy Aiumu of Uppena Doerksen testimony continues Doerksen admits he lied at each of Sopho nows three 3 Days Only thursday Friday saturday March 24 Maytag es3esbq j Eim air appliances in doing but 1 with 1 didst Nova peo to at Coa mate it Good 10 help someone you Call Imo Banting Canadian aug Cutko Al Guanu Amoco two Dudl Utti denture clinic 274 Smith Portage Graham Avenue 9434048 9437629 personalized denture service to the Public Sonca 1855 we accept All dental in Franco institutional Calls available while you wait free 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