Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 8, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 local Winnipeg Jim 2001 trial finally begins for Denise of the vicar Rosenbergs judge brings name game to a Ful Colon conclusion by Mike Mclntyre it seemed like a simple question a courtroom clerk asked Denise Rosenberg to confirm her identity yesterday and enter a plea to Public mischief charges so her trial could finally but what followed was a confusing 10 minute debate which ended when provincial court judge Robert Kopstein decided hed heard Are you Denise Rosenberg the clerk she i am Denise of the vicar Rosenberg How do you want your name to appear on the Kopstein for the Denise of the Vicari but if you wish to address you can address me As she said Kopstein offered to make the official change on the court but Rosen Berg said she wished to consult with Legal counsel before giving him the Green she also refused to enter a plea to the since it remains under a name she claims int a frustrated Kopstein told her that her plea must be entered before the trial could begin and said her silence on the Issue indicates a not guilty he did the same for co accused Lawrence who denied that was his i am Ful Colon Lawrence Hyphen Waldo Ful Colon he Kopstein also had to caution Rosen Berg yesterday to Stop referring to her self in the third with the name game out of the the trial finally took flight following Sev eral delays earlier this week when Rosenberg and Friesen reviewed copies of videotapes they said had been Doc Winnipeg police Tracy Krizuk testified yesterday How the pair came to police in october 1999 claiming a sheriffs officer had stolen Money from Rosenbergs Home allegations that the Crown says proved to be at the the officers were raiding Rosenbergs property because she owed More than million in much of the property was later sold at an Rosenberg told police she witnessed the officer remove from a shelf in her sons Krizuk according to Rosenbergs police state she told the officer to put the Money it Doest belong to he threatened to charge Rosenberg with assault and told her nobody would believe Rosenberg she turned numerous documents Over to including a detailed list of items seized from her her own personal inventory and numerous she brought up several concerns regarding the process of the said she said there was no evidence to Back up her Rosenberg and who Are rep resenting themselves at the were later charged with mischief for wasting police time and the trial 3 Public meetings to look at transportation by Kevin Rollason Manitoban will get a Chance in the next few months to air their beefs about the provinces rails and run a committee has been set up to look at the future of the provinces transportation systems and includes grand chief Dennis White Bird of the Assem Bly of Manitoba chiefs and Don president of Keystone agricultural pro Public meetings will be held through out the Well be asking people from around the province what they think of transportation in the highways 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police had fabricated a sexual assault theory at Sopho nows third trial in 1985 to help secure a conviction and ensure soph now was treated harshly in does Rick Stoppel feel that he or his family should be compensated As Well Whitley does he need to persist in his mistaken recollection to enhance his claim if so there Are better ways to Advance ones the irony of soph now being falsely accused and now me is not lost on i have something of a very Small taste of what its been like for soph now spent nearly four years behind bars for the 1981 murder of 16yearold Barbara he was acquitted by the Manitoba court of Appeal in which ruled three Tri als was enough and set the Man soph now was formally exonerated by police last Whitley accusation of Rick Stop Pels mistaken recollection prompted a fiery submission from he said the family believes the same cloak of secrecy and misinformation that helped wrongly convict soph now is still in place Stoppel family came to the inquiry with an open mind and with the Hope and expectation the inquiry would not uncover any inappropriate or questionable or wrongful conduct on the part of anyone involved in the original investigation and pros ecu Prober told inquiry commissioner Peter How wrong they were As it turns As a result of what Treyve heard and seen in this room at the inquiry Over the last several months their Confidence and Trust in the administration of Justice has been today they Are left with feelings of Digap some anger and during his Prober said the Stoppels should be eligible for compensation because police and prosecutors botched the original investigation into barbaras death and left them having to relive the Nightmare 20 years As for Whitley testimony yester even As he argued that he acted in Good Faith in pursuing the sexual assault he was contradicting the evidence gathered by the Origi Nal police Whitley said that despite the fact that a sexual assault motive had not been advanced at Sopho nows preliminary hearing or his first or Sec Ond murder there was Abun Dant evidence at the crime scene to suggest the girl had been forced to perform Oral sex on her Whitley told the inquiry police had found a Small amount of in identify but male Dan in Stoppels a review of a recent police report written by Blair Mccorrister and Danny Smyth As part of the reinvestigation of the murder shows police found no phys ical evidence pointing to a sexual assault either at the crime scene or upon completion of an no male Dan was found in Stoppels Whitley could not be reached for comment after testimony his Randy said his client must have been mistaken when he made the comments and was Likely referring to the fact that police found saliva in the washroom of the Ideal donuts shop where Stoppel was Mcnicol could not explain Why Whitley went on to repeat the claim that police found male Dan in Stop Pels Mouth later in the Day while being interviewed on a local radio outside the courtroom Prober charged Whitley with trying to deflect responsibility for Sopho nows wrongful conviction away from him Rick Stoppel had nothing to gain by coming Forward with that info he had no a to he for Whitley to suggest Rick Stoppel persists in his mistaken recollection because it might affect compensation is the prosecution was out to get soph now by any Means in their written in january Mccorrister and Smyth note that while they investigated the motive behind Whitley and Ken wieners decision to pursue a sexual assault there is no basis for criminal charges against either the report found that both men were acting on a legitimate belief that a sexual attack had there is no evidence to support a conspiracy charge or criminal the report and Whitley were aggressively pursuing the conviction of a suspect and they believed there was sufficient evidence to support a sex Ual assault the inquiry is set to wrap up next Cory is expected to Issue a final report outlining compensation and recommendations for changes to the Justice 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