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meCnadian Champion, Fri'day, -uy14 00 Murder suspect confessed to police: trial By LISA CARTWRIGHT The Champion David Fiorino confessed to an undercover police officer that he shot and killed Stephen Andreopoulos, a jury heard Wednesday during an on-going first degree murder trial in Superior Court in Milton. OPP Det. Staff Sgt. Mark Banzant testi- fied that the former Milton resident told Constable Kenneth Watson he was the one responsible for the 36-year-oid Barrie man's death. Defence lawyer Robert Nuttall told the officer that Mr. Fiorino confessed to shooting the deceased, but no gunshot wounds were found on the body. Det. Staff Sgt. Banzant agreed there weren't. Mr. Fiorîno, 27, has been charged with first-degree mtarder in the death of Mr. Andreopoulos, whose body waa found on a Derry Road property February 13, 1998. He was lasi seen July 2, 1996. Det. Staff Sgt. Banzant testified that in Febnsary, 1997, Mr. Fiorino waa put under surveillance. There were also probes and wire taps in the homes and on the phones of Mr. Fiorino and his wife Kimberly and his parents Carmine and Lilian Fiorino. They alto wire tapped the phones ai Kimberly's work. To stimulate conversation, police sent Det. Sgt. Randall Krieger to Kimberly's workplace, Det. Staff Sgt. Banzant told the jury. Det. Sgt. Krieger - who, posed as a biker - claimed he was to collect a $50,000 debt Mr. Fiorino owed him. The jury heard Mr. Fiorino suspected it was a police officer. On the Auguat long weekend, undercov- er officer Constable Kenneth Watson established a friendshipi with Mr. Fionino while they were camping ai Grundy Provincial Park, Det. Staff Sgt. Banzsnt testified. Constable Watson's job was to establish a fiendship with the accused, then get him involved in a criminal activity, the jury heard. Det. Staff Sgt. Banzant told the jury police set up a meeting in which Constable Watson and Mr. Fiorino collected $10,000 from two other undercover officers. Another meeting was set up between Constable Watson and bis "boss" Constable Bill Campbell. During that meeting, Mr. Fionino saw $75,000 in cash change hands, Det. Staff Sgt. Banzant said. Soon after, Constable Watson asked if the accused would be interested in doing a CORRECTION NOTICE In our JuIy 12-18, 2000 flyer, the following errors occurred: The Clearnet Sanyo 4000 Dual Mode POS Phone on page 6 was advertised incor- rectly. The advertised price of $129,99 AFTER $30 Mail-In Rebate is an error. The price of the Phone is $129.99. W. slncely apolgie for any lnconenlnc this may hav caused our volued custoems paid "bit' for bis boss, the jury heard. When Mr. Fiorino told him he was, the constable said his boss needed physical proof tIsai he killed Mr. Andreopoulos. He had 24 Isours to get the proof. TIse jury heard tbat Mr. Fiorino told Constable Watson he was unabie to get the proof because he suspected he was under surveillance. He later told Constable Watson he killed tIse deceased, Det. Staff Sgt. Mark Banzant told assistant Crown Charon Kerr. But the confession wasn't caugbt on tape?, Mr. Nuttaîl aaked tIse officer. Det. Staff Sgt. Banzani said the police ran out of time and, legaliy, were unable to record conversations anymore. So, why didn't the police delay tIse meet- ing between the accused and Constable Watson until they had permission to set up a wire tap?, Mr. Nuttall asked the officer. Det. Staff Sgt. Binzant said they didn'î want to st rain the friendship. Mr. Nuttaîl told Det. Staff Sgt. Banzant that Mi. Fiorino knew police were involvéd and he was feeding them incor- '-Quite frankly, David Fiorin wus puttlng yeu. reci information. Mr. Fionino was also try- ing to find out how much information the police knew, Mr. Nuttaîl said. "Quite frankly, David Fiorino was putting you on,' hetolci Det. Staff Sgt. Banzant. On Tuesday, the jury heard tbere was no evidence of bloodstains on either tIse UHaul vehicle that was rented by Mi. Andreopoulos or tIse backboe bucket tbought to have Iseen used to bury him. Sgt. Michael Isles, an expert in forensic identification, told the jury he conducted a bloodatain test on botIs the items. TIse test detecta the presence of blood even after it has Iseen washed away. Advertoriai 6 Costly Mistakes to Avoid Before Buying a Home MILTON-A new report bas jusi been released whicb identifies the 6 mot common and costly mistakes that Isomebuyers make before buying that you inform yourself about the factors involved before you buy. 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The UHaul truck was discovered in Bracebridge on July 19, juat over two weeks after it had been rented by Mr. Andreopoulos. It had been used by several other people. Sgt. Isles said test was cotsducted on the interior of the cab as well as the walls and ceilings of the back of the UHaul. The test proved negative. On February 23, 1998, Sgt. Isles con- ducted the bloodstain test on a backhoe bucket. He said there was no blood found on the bucket because it had been used by property owners and exposed to the ele- ments over the st 18 months. 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