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January 25,
2005: The Federal government released the
first national examination of the reasons for so many wrongful
convictions in Canada. This should be required reading for every prosecutor,
cop and criminal defence lawyer in the country. News
reports | | Keigo
Glen White: Judge orders cops to tape confessions | Press
coverage of prelim |
I have voluntarily
removed the name of the operative until the issue can be addressed
in court, Tuesday morning. I arrived at this agreement during
a telephone conversation with undercover RCMP legal counsel Jeffrey
Hayes who will serve me with the appropriate documents to appear
in provincial court Tuesday morning at the beginning of the evidence
hearing for Wilf Hathway.
I have changed
the operative's name to Martin until this matter is resolved.
Question: Who is Wilf Hathway
and why was he picked from a long list of possible suspects in
the murder of Denver Crawford?
Answer: Letter
from Wilfred Hathway |
Summer 200 press reports
| Clippings on Denver
Crawford murder |
New: Operative
Justin Harris
Sermonette:
October, 2004
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What's
happenin'?
I have put links to this page
all over the website. Many people have returned and have not
found anything new. "What's happening?" you wonder.
The answer is LOTS. However, we are talking about the life of
a man who has been sitting on remand for almost a year. He has
now been assigned a third lawyer after Bill Roe and Morris Bodnar
sat on his file for many months. When he was unable to get Bodnar
to move (except to write him a letter asking Wilf to please stop
writing to the StarPhoenix) Hathway applied for a new lawyer.
Judge Betty Jane Hucaluk agreed to let him switch counsel one
more time, noting this would be "his last chance."
I don't think so, BJ. Even
in Saskatchewan a person charged with first degree murder is
entitled to competent defence!
But there is more to this story.
Before Wilf was brought in from the holding cells, and before
Her Ladyship had taken the bench, Prosecutor Brent Klause addressed
the guards and gallery proclaiming "He's guilty as sin"
regarding Hathway. Of course Klause is aware that injusticebusters
have taken an interest in this case and so he made some disparaging
remarks about one of us. Far from presenting himself as an honest
prosecutor prepared to present honest evidence in a genuine search
for truth, he wore his bias on his sleeve.
He then went on to argue against
Hathway's request for new counsel. The new counsel, once agreed
to asked the court for leave to apply to the Justice Department
for a higher tariff than that allowed by Legal Aid. Since this
is a first degree murder case, the judge agreed.
But oh, ho. There is more.
A week or so after he had made his applicatiom, the newly appointed
lawyer received a reply from the Justice Department saying they
would give him 15 hours at $60 an hour. The more cynical among
us might suspect some interference from the prosecutor. Ah, but
it ended well. The newly appointed lawyer made some calls and
a more reasonable tariff was agreed upon.
We are gaining some deeper
insights into just why Justice Minister Frank Quennell places
such importance on overturning the findings of malice against
the Crown in Judge Baynton's decision. The Crown requires malice.
If it loses the right to present forged statements, perjured
testimony and faulty experts what will crowns like Matt Miazga,
Gary Parker and Brent Klause do?
In the meantime we are taking
great care to do nothing which will jeopardize Wilf Hathway.
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RCMP "Big Boss"
stings: Illegal, immoral and offensive to any community with
humane standards
The
Rafay Burns sting illustrates how deadly the cops can be | The
judgment in Mentuck detailing the RCMP sting operation |
Brian Hutchinson investigates RCMP
scenario methods: Al Haslett brags he developed the methods
14 years ago and they work so well he has taught courses in it.
Could it be they work because they place the suspect in a lose-lose
dilemma? Innocent or guilty, you are going to get nailed if Haslett
or his acolytes get their hands on you! | A
round-up of wrongful convictions in Canada | Main Rafay
Burns page
Another "sin" which
the Crown is committing in this case is (See the Seven
deadly sins of prosecutors) overcharging. At the time of
the original investigation Hathway was not charged with anything.
He was questioned because he discovered the body. Six years later,
there was still no evidence on which to charge him. The sting
extracted a "confession" which appears only in the
police notes: the tape recorder "malfunctioned." Nonetheless
the Crown has laid charges of first degree murder. Of course
the only reason for doing this is to leave themselves "bargaining"
power: plead guilty for something you did not do and we will
reduce the charge to second degree or manslaughter. Many innocent
people are placed in this position. After languishing on remand
for many months, some go along with it.
Wilfred Hathway
When he was first considered
a suspect in the Denver Crawford murder, Saskatoon police used
the ruse of telling Hathway's parents they had "reason to
believe" their son was planning to kill them. Dr. Hathway
could not take this seriously. He knew his son had a problem
with alcohol and that he had been asked to leave the place where
he was living because he had gone "off the wagon" after
some success as a non-drinking member of AA. He had brought his
dog to stay with them until he could find another place to live.
The police failed to find any evidence Hathway had anything to
do with Crawford's death except for discovering the body. Nonetheless,
they told Crawford's niece that they were sure Hathway was the
murderer and they were continuing their investigation.
Of course it was not an investigation
at all but a carefully worked-out scheme to get Hathway into
a lose-lose situation . . .
Appeal Campaign for Atif Rafay and
Sebastian Burns: More
information is coming to light about RCMP dirty, deadly stings
| Detailed analysis
"Anybody
is approachable and anybody can be brought into our scenarios
if the approach is done right. . ."--Al Haslett, RCMP undercover operator
in the Burns/Rafay sting; also a key player in Hathway sting
"We'll
get you -- one way or another." -- Brian Dueck to Wilfred Hathway after
investigation cleared him of involvement in Crawford murder
Dueck, Haslett
and Haslett's accomplice Gary Shinkaruk are part of the growing
number of thug cops who hide behind unreasonable court ordered
publication bans to conceal their Rambo activities. |
Is
the Globe and Mail an independent source or just an arm of the
RCMP?
More malice by Dueck?
"Project Erlina" cast its net to manufacture a murder
confession and criminalize another citizen
Wilfred Hathway was in Kamloops working
as a janitor while taking college classes and taking his daughter
to daycare. His life was busy and there was little extra cash.
When a woman knocked at his door to ask for help changing a flat
tire, Hathway had no idea the damsel in distress was an RCMP
undercover agent who was part of a sting operation to extract
from Hathway a confession to a 1998 muder in Saskatoon.
Hathway had
already been investigated by Saskatoon police shortly after he
found his landlord, Denver
Bruce Crawford,
brutally murdered in his apartment building. The investigation
did not produce any charges. As they say on TV, the case went
cold. Hathway moved to Kamloops, married and had a daughter.
He attended Kamloops College.
After Dave
Scott promoted Dueck to top Superintendant, Dueck asked that
Hathway be considered by an RCMP sting unit as someone who might
be "persuaded" to confess to the Crawford murder. RCMP
put Hathway on a waiting list and in December, 2003 conducted
a "lifestyle" investigation.
This must have
been one of his last acts as Superintendant before he was found
to have acted with malice against the Klassen/Kvello families
and eventually placed on "administrative" leave. (He
has been on medical leave since the new year, continuing to collect
a good portion if not all of his $104K salary.)
For Wilfred
Gordon Hathway, the knock at his door asking for help was the
beginning of a four month nightmare. The distressed damsel's
partner was RCMP operative Martin. Documents show that the undercover
squad used what is called "the Big Boss" sting on Hathway,
which begins by establishing "criminal credibility."
The establishment
of "criminal credibility" is cop talk for turning a
law-abiding citizen into a criminal by enticing him to commit
crimes. The plan is to then use the person's willingness to engage
in petty crimes to assassinate his character in the media and
before the court.
The Sting team
began by asking Hathway to run small driving and delivery errands
for them. On one of thse errands, Al Haslett, the undercover
most involved in terrorizing Sebastian Burns, was the receiver
of a package.
They then staged
elaborate crimes for him to witness: extortion, beating a woman
(an undercover agent who wore blood make-up and was thrown into
a trunk) and cross-border weapons deals. He was asked to count
cash -- $180,000. He was shown a laptop computer with pictures
of weaponry and the pricelist. He was invited to help smuggle
arms across the border . Eventually, this man who had been lured
into their network by agreeing to help change a flat tire was
asked to drive a truck to Montreal for $40K. But before he could
be trusted with the valuable cargo, he had to meet the "Big
Boss".
He had already
"seen" the Big Boss -- by accident -- while meeting
Martin at a restaurant. At that time, he had come close to a
table where the "Big Boss" was sitting and had been
intercepted by a Big Bodyguard who told him to stay away. He
was then informed that now that he had seen the Boss and knew
what he looked like, there was no going back.
It is during
a subsequent meeting that RCMP and Saskatoon police allege that
Hathway confessed to murdering his former landlord. His so-called
confession does not, however, fit the facts of the case.
We will be
following this case closely and will report fully on the details
of this sting. Hathway has not yet made a court appearance.
Another Saskatchewan
man, Jean
Paul Aubee
is in the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert after having
been found guilty of first degree murder following a similar
cross-country sting.
Dueck was previously
involved in the Flotilla sting.
Is another innocent man
being set up by cops with illegal powers?
The item
below was on a police website. As far as I know it was not published
anywhere else. Since May 11, Wilfred Hathway has been held on
remand at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre (910 - 60th Street
East, Saskatoon, S7K 2H6 if you would like to write to him).
He has been
told by guards at the correctional that he is not allowed to
talk to the media. He has spent very little time with his court-appointed
lawyer. Meanwhile, it has come to our attention that the evidence
gathered to pick Hathway up on the Canada Wide warrant was the
product of an elaborate sting similar to the one used to entrap
Sebastian Burns and Atif Rafay. injusticebusters is persuaded
that Burns and Rafay are probably innocent. Please read the information
we have posted about the Burns/Rafay sting. Some of the same players were used
to coerce what they call a "confession" from Wilfred
Hathway.
Arrest
Made in 1998 Murder
Internet, May 10, 2004
May 13th, 1998 murder of
Denver Bruce Crawford.
An arrest has been made in
this 1998 murder investigation.
May 13th, 1998, Denver Bruce
Crawford, age 84 years, was found stabbed to death in his suite
at 323 9th Street East, Saskatoon. The deceased had been found
by another resident, Wilfred Gordon Hathway age 39 years.
During the investigation of
this death, Mr. Hathway was identified as a suspect in this murder.
Last week Major Crimes and
the Crown reviewed the investigation to date. It was determined
sufficient evidence existed to arrest Gordon Hathway on a charge
of 1st Degree Murder. A Canada Wide Warrant was then issued for
Mr. Hathway who is now living in Kamloops, B.C.
Yesterday at about 3:00 PM,
Kamloops RCMP arrested 45 year old Wilfred Gordon Hathway for
the murder of Denver Bruce Crawford age 84 years. Mr. Hathway
will be transported to Saskatoon where he will make a court appearance
next week on a charge of murder in the 1st degree.
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If you hold the mouth
of Truth, It will burst out its rib-cage. Somali proverb
Truth crushed to earth
will rise again. --William Cullen Bryant
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Our activism
contributed greatly to the good vibes which happened around the
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Index
to the stories on this website
This is not
regularly updated so if you are looking for a particular story
and you have a name or keyword, please use the site search engine(at
the bottom of the page) which IS regularly updated
Index to Saskatoon Police stories
This is a pretty good scrapbook
for the 1998-2002 period.
David
Ahenakew
Inquiry into the malicious prosecution of David
Milgaard untanling 36 years of Saskatchewan police and Crown
misconduct: : Opening day 1 | 2
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| 5 | 6
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- More Sermonettes
2001
January: Legal Treachery to keep Dueck's lies safe
2002
March,
2002
-- Gay Bashing still a legal sport in Saskatoon -- Even when
it turns to murder
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- 2003
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- Feb. 1:
Where we stand
- Feb. 15, 2003:
Has Saskatchewan learned anything?
- March 1:
Connecting the dots
- March 23, 2003:
From Micro to Macro
- March 25, 2003:
About libel
and malice
- March 27: Gangs
of Saskatoon: the police and prison guards
- April 28, 2003: The
Naked Truth
- May 5: How
low will they go?
- May 15, 2003: Come
clean Calvert, Cline!
- May 30:
Still smearing Milgaard - defamation is alive and well on the
lawn of the Regina legislature and Precendent has been set as
we reclaim our institutions
- June
11, 2003: --Eric Cline
carries on a corrupt tradition
- Nov 7:
Courage -- the only reward is justice
- November 20:
Just following orders
- November 24:
Mayor Atchison, community policing and graffiti
- November
25: Michael Jackson
- November 30:
Corrupt officials must be severely punished: otherwise they just
keep on putting the administration of justice in disrepute!
- December 1: Christmas comes early for injustice warriors
- December 4: Wide open Saskatchewan?
- December 16: Crawling through the tunnel of justice
since 1991
- December 24: The Crown keeps right on breaking
the law
- December 30: Who will find justice under their tree?
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- 2004
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- January 1. 2004: Unprecedented publicity and Happy New
Year
- January 8, 2004: Malice still afoot
- January
10, 2004: Shame
and mugshots
- January
14, 2004:
Telling more truth about the undefamable: McKillop and Quennell,
the static duo
- January
17, 2004: Fifth Estate
returns and A working class hero is something to be
- January
22,23,
2004: Justice is still prevailing -- it is just taking longer
and Bits and pieces are
now coming together to tell the story of the century
- January
27, 2004: Telling the
truth about the undefamable, restoring reputations to the defamed.
- February
5, 2004: Negotiations
and strategies: getting an intransigent government to remedy
its damage
- February
10, 2004: How many
lawyers does it take to ruin a province? and Lawyer continues to treat people's
lives as a cruel game: monopoly?
- Febrary
16, 2004: Calvert
is not King Arthur
- March
29, 2004:
Counting down to the damages trial
- April
16, 2004:
The internet, the courts and now the movies -- We will so what
it takes to get justice
- May
1, 2004:
If Frank
Quennell is any example of what former Justice Minister Chris
Axworthy called "evolving," Saskatchewan is ready to
kiss justice good-bye!
- May
27, 2004: Some observations
on Saskatchewan and justice
- June
7, 2004:Media coverage of Monique
Turenne's story illustrates journalistic laziness
- June
8:, 2004
-- The police not only failed to serve and protect Don and Lorna
Smith and their children but set them up for false charges and
community shunning
- September 2, 2004: A tale of three cops: Dueck, Gobeil
and Schinkel -- with an update on how they get away with criminal
obstruction of justice
- November,
2004:
Wilfred Hathway, Atif Rafay and Sebastian Burns -- RCMP stings
offensive to community standards
- November 11, 2004: Rogue Platoon? Identifying the rotten apples in Saskatoon
Police Service and why we need a full public inquiry into our
whole justice system
- November 28, 2004: Can
Justice Minister Quennell take a few more steps? The Prosecutors'
office is still harbouring crowns who put the administrative
of justice in disrepute
- November
12, 2004: Saskatchewan
Justice in chaos: The Stonechild report suggests it is.
- November 28, 2004: The price for being a good judge or
a good prosecutor
- December
30:
When the government interferes
with the judiciary, we know a Police State is a dangerous possibility
(The government appeal of the Klassen/Kvello decision)
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- 2005
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- Jan 1, 2005: Chewed up digested and spit out
- Jan.
5, 2005:
More on chief Sabo
- February
18, 2005:
Tunnel vision: Darren Koehn, Wilf Hathway and Leon Walchuk
- March
2:
Fixing the system: Time to quit talking and implement previous
commission recommendations
- March 19, 2005 : Injustice as ShowBiz
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