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High ranking Halton Regional Police officers plotted to cover up a detective's assault on a murder sus- pect, court beard Friday. Now retired Inspector Les Graham led a plan to bide Det. Doug Ford's videotaped face slap of a young man during an interrogation, Det. John Stonehill testified in Ontario court (provincial division) in Milton. Det. Stonehill broke down on the stand and wept after recalling that he wanted no part of the alleged plot by Insp. Graham and a second officer, Det. Sgt. Bob Waller, to get nid of the video-taped evidence. 'We're not going to let a s- head like this muin a good officer's career,' Det. Stonchill was quoted in the Toronto Star describing wbat Insp. Graham told bim during a meeting alone. "I didn't know what 10 say to Les. 1 knew that the interview bad been recorded on video," Dcl. Stonebill told Crown Attomney Ian Scott. According to a report in the Star, Det. Stonehill told Mr. Scott during his testimony that Insp. Graham was Les Graham his longtime friend, then began to cry. Charged witb attempting to obstruci justice, Insp. Graham waa the bead of the major crime unit based at Halton's head office in Oakville when a mur- der suspect was brought in for quca- tioning in 1995. Det. Sgt. Waller, then one of the lead investigators in the tirst-degree- *Continued on page 3 Ah atn Rof rts eu crf s nd k other pn rducta t are being e ingh the ucope ment presentations by artisans demn straling 19th century crafla and trades.adM W f Thee is no charge for crafters ta dis- play Iheir wares. For more informato cail public programs assistant Lis Harris et 875-2200. _____pwu .. .. .. A Metroland Community Newspaper Vol. 138 No. 48 Tuesday, July 29, 1997 32 Pages 75e (GST included) Court hears cops plotted to, suppress the evidence a