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Despite arrest, Fonyo wedding a go
INSIDE TODAY’S LEADER:
Sereena Abotsway
Heather Chinnock
Yvonne Marie Boen
Q The Surrey victims, page 3
Fiancée optimistic by Dan Ferguson
Q ‘Cunning’ killer, page 3
STEVE FONYO was supposed to be
in Victoria on the weekend, getting fitted for the tuxedo he plans to wear to his Aug. 28 wedding. His girlfriend, Lisa Greenwood, was going to have the final alterations made to her wedding dress. Instead Fonyo, a 45-year-old Surrey resident, spent the weekend locked up at the Surrey Pretrial Services Centre, waiting for a bail hearing. Fonyo was arrested last week and charged with one count of unauthorized use of a credit card. On Monday, the one-legged man who became famous for Steve Fonyo running across Canada learned he would have to wait at least another day before he can go free. The lawyer who usually represents Fonyo was away on holiday and the fill-in lawyer was tied up in a trial, so the bail hearing was postponed till Tuesday (after The Leader’s press deadline. Check www.surreyleader. com for updates). A dismayed Fonyo asked if the in-court public defender could help him out, but he was told he should See BUSINESSES / Page 3
Q A reporter remembers, page 4 Q Calls for a public inquiry, page 5 Robert Pickton eats a meal in his jail cell while talking to his ‘cellmate’ – an undercover police officer.
Bigger than Green River killer, Pickton boasted Videos of undercover conversation, police interrogation released by Jeff Nagel A BOASTFUL Robert “Willie” Pickton can be
heard bragging about how he killed more women than Washington State’s Green River killer. On Friday, a recording was released of the jail cell conversation between an undercover police officer posing as a cellmate and the convicted serial killer just after his 2002 arrest. Although the entire video was played for the
jury during the trial and Pickton’s statements were reported at that time, the transcript released Friday reveals more details. In the recording, Pickton tells the cell plant “I was gonna do one more, make it an even 50... That’s why, that’s why I was sloppy about it. I wanted one more, make, make the big five O.” He then refers to Gary Ridgway, who just three months earlier in late 2001 had been arrested for a string of murders in Washington State. Ridgway ultimately pleaded guilty to 48
killings and provided information to help find remains in a deal that spared him the death penalty, which he would still face if convicted of more deaths. Pickton tells the undercover officer he was “bigger than the ones in the States” and “bigger than the Green River.” The officer agreed. “His record were about 42,” Pickton said.
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