r- I ~Fiorino neyer won lottery, OLC officiai testifies: trial 8v LISA CARTWRIGHT The Champion Davîd Fionno has neyer won a large prize in an Ontarjo Lottery Corporation (OLC) game, the jury heard Tuesday dur- ing an on-going first-degree * murder trial in Superior * CourtinMilton. Neither bas Mr. Fiorino'x wifc Kimiserly or his moîher Liliais. "Tisere wsx only onc positive result of tise searcis," said Rois Zufelt, an investigator for the OLC. Mr. Fiorino'x faliser Carmine won more tisan $1.500 on a Lotto 649 ticket in April. 1997. Tise OLC bas kept compreben- tive records of everyone wiso bas won more tisan $200 in a lotîcry since 1970, Mr. Zufoît said. Mr. Fiorino, 27, ix cisarged in tise deatis of Stepisen Andreopoulox, 36, of Barrie, wisose isody wax found buried ina Den'y Road field. Tise jury bas beard Mr. Andreopoulos was last seen on JuIy 2, 1996, leaving witb tise accused for Comwall wisere be wax picking Up 500 cases of costtrsisand alcohol. On July 3, 1996, Mr. Fiorino starteci to bu people tisaI ho won $50.000 on Keno, a scratch-and- win game from tise OLC. That day, Mr. Fionno also went to tise CIBC brancis in Milton where ho gave tise toIler $27000 in cash to PSY off most of bis debts, tise jury bexrd. In court Tuesday, assistant Crown attorney Charon Kerr playeci a police-intercepted phono conversation isetween Ms Fiorino anci Tony Fabiano, Mr. Fiorino's coussn. Mr. Faisiano, who also took tise stand Tuosday, was inîerviewed hy tise police June 18, 1997. Afterward, ho called bis cousin's Brampton hostie 10 find out wisat was going on. Tise jury iseard Ms Fiorino toîl tise older man not to worry about tise interview because it didn't have anytising to do with bim. Mr. Fabiano said police aaked hlm a number of questions includ- ing whetber tise couple had come into asty mooey. Ho told police tisat tise couple had won tise lottery. *'We didn't (win),~' Ms Fioristo is iseard saying. "Thats why we have to sit down witis you and explain everytising." On Monday, Eddy Buttsgie, a smaîl-time contraband alcoisol sup- plier spoke at tise trial. Mr. Buttigie, wiso ix from Severn Bridge near Orillia, purcisased alcoisol from tise partnersisip tisat included Mr. Andreopoulos. Dominco Sacco and Jim Pearson. About two-and-a-isalf weeks before Mr. Andreopoulos disxp- peared, Mr. Buttigie told tise jury ise discussed tise dcxl witis tise vic- tîm. Mr. Buttigie said ho told bis fiiestd tisat he bad iseen offered tise deal twice iselore but îurned it down isecause it "smelled isad." He said ho tried to persuade Me. Andreopoulos not to go. "I'm 95 per cent sure tisat it's a set-up, Mr. Buttigie said ho told tise victim. "I said 'Steve, don~t go for it. You don~t nemi il that isad."' By tise time Mr. Buttigie left Mr. Andreopoulos' bouse, ho thougbt tise mas haci changed bis mmd, ho told tise jury. Tise trial continueci at pross lime yesterday. 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