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I I I J VSlotted in Pob Mayor Gord Krantz tries hlm iuck before oe of the new alit machines et Mohawk Racaway Tuesday. The cup le fer holding coins te put In the machine. Ontario Lottery corporation Chair Ron Barbaro look& on. Ses reiated photos and story on page 4. Yo1ice have charged inmate with making a bogrus confession Bv KAREN SMITH The Champion A convict who dlaims he's the real killer in the 1995 outhouse shoot- ing of an elderly Steeles Avenue man has been charged for atlegedly making a false confession. Following a five-month OPP investigation that included costly trav- el to CalgMy, police say Roy Hopkins, 3 1, couldn't be responsible for the murder of 77-year-old Fred Sheppard. Hopkins, an inmate at Warkworth Penitentiary near Peterborough, told a Toronto Star reporter in March that he had committed the murder for which another man - Keith Madeley, 26 - was con- victed. Thie surprising spin in thie tragc case that aiready had its share of turmoil prompted Halton Regionat Police to request the help of thie OPP in investigating the dlaimn. *"OPP offîcers foliowed up this new information as far away as Calgary," said Insp. Klancy Grasman of thie OPP criminal investigation bureau in Orillia. ,Based on evidence gathered in relation to Hopkins' statements to the newspaper. police believe the accused could not be responsible for the homicide." Arrested Wednesday Hopkins, who gave the Toronto Star a detailed written confession, was arrested Wednesd4~ on a charge of obstruct justice. Madeley remains in prison serving a life sentence for the grisiy murder of Mr. Sheppard, who was shot to death in the outhouae at the rear of his Niagara Escarpment home in March, 1995. "They sent an innocent man to jail for something 1 did," Hopkins toid The Star tive months ago. 1I may be a criminal and I may Rie a thief and I may Rie a robber, but I ain't a low-life. I'm not going to let someone else rot in prison for something; I dîd. That'sjust a firm belief I have." The dlaim was the latest twist in the bizarre murder case that already invoived two mistrials, thie assault of Madeley by police and thie conviction of an officer for attempting to cover up the assault. When the Star story broke, Crown attor- ney Brian O'Mara - who prosecuted Madeiey at the jury triai - said he waç confident the original conviction would withstand scrutiny. He added that evidencs against Madeley was strong. for the amount of resources and money put into the investigation of Hopkins' dlaimi but said it was "substantial." And in order to protect evidence, hie couldn't go into detail regarding the inves- tigators' findings in Calgary. But hie indi- caled information obtained theoe was perti- lient to the case. Another newspaper article Iast spring quoted a Calgary man, who said Hopkins was out west working for hlm at the time of the Sheppard murder, so hie couldn't have been the killer. However, Hopkins said the man was mistakeri. BurHikg' Speor mih a. The eaden eneto rease funds to help combat youth suicide - will feature 5, 10 and 20 kiiometre treks along the Waterfront Traul. The cost of registration is $15 or $25 in piedges. Pledge sheets can be obtained by caiiing the local office of the Canadien Mental Heaith Association at 693-0597. e EmbrdiS Cohbumera Ous* *MARKETPLACE SATMOAAY MMS 14. *Waimart a M&M Meas'* aSars Su8ars Wholo Homo e Ne Fril1: SmIubsi ovnatm ady k-I HALTON P OU2 SELECTION 0F d 845, Mai St. E.DdMiltonfe 878UI 7087 A Metroland Cornmunity Newspaper Vol. 140 No. 43 Friday, August 13, 1999 28 Pages $ 1.00 (GST included) p-q ! ý !Výâèk.=