Cable Briefe

Press, 7 April 1980, Page 6

Cable Briefe

Lance dismissal A Federal judge has dismissed the main count against the former United States Budget Director, Bert Lance, an indictment charging conspiracy, 12 weeks after Mr Lance went on trial on Federal bank fraud charges. Three co-defendants were also cleared of the charge. Although the defendants are still on trial on 32 i remaining counts, the indict-; ment alleging a conspiracy! to enter into bank fraud was considered the heart of the prosecution’s case. — Atlanta. Torture probe Allegations that the police ill-treated an Irish Republican Army man. cleared this week of 12 murders are to be considered by the British Director of Public Prosecutions. Edward Brophy, aged 39. was acquitted at Belfast Crown Court of the La Mon Restaurant bombing in Belfast two years ago after Mr Justice Kelly said he could not be sure Brophv’s alleged confessions had not been induced by “torture, inhuman, and degrading treatment.” — Belfast. Kidnap arrests

A Three people are being held by the oolice in connfiiction with the kidnappingmurder of the son of a wealthy Tahiti businessman. Olivier Breaud, aged 26, was abducted a week ago by two men and/'a. woman who demanded a ransom of $3.2 million/-—Papeete.

55 bodies found The Ecuadorean police l ' have completed, their in- ■ vestigation Of a;- Colombian : 1 fugitive - 'who/-has confessed < ’ to having' raped, and str&n- ’ gled mbre than 100 young: 1 girls. They said Pedro Alsoriso ..Lopez, aged 32. had ’ led them to 55 bodies in se--1 cret 'graves throughout Ecua- < r dor but;- refused to show i - them, the rest. All the girls < ■ were 13 or under. Lopez will be handed to State prose- i 1 cutors to start criminal pro- < ) ceedings against him, they i h said; Quito. ' 1 ... ' 1 ■ *• • Poisoning case , A charge against a roundit h e-world yachtswoman, J ’ Rosie- Swale, and her sex- ' change friend, Tracey Stamp; ! 5 fomerly . Bernard Stamp, of t administering poison with 5 intent to endanger life has , . been dismissed by magistrates. Swale, aged 30, and . J Stamp, aged 45. of Devon, • were accused of unlawfully . • administering the poison with intent to endanger the life of Keith Vincent, Swale’s former boyfriend. Other charges., in which the accused are alleged to have administered poison with in- . tent to ' injure, aggrieve, or annoy, conspired to pervert the course of justice; and falsely sworn art affidavit, . i were adjourned to April 14. [—.London. r. i 1 5 Charge dismissed A charge of theft against ■ Deborah Williams, aged 25, 5 ■ in connection with an ai- t : ieged attack on the film and j ' TV star, James Garner, has been dismissed. But Miss s Williams’s brother, Aubrey, ■ aged 35,, was bound over to t I stand trial on charges of as- - ■ sault with a deadly weapon J ' — his-shoes — and grand - theft., Garner, aged 51, the a • easy-going detective in the I I United ?• States television , series, “The' Rockford Files,” i I had alleged earlier he was r , hit and kicked in the face c 1 and a gold. necklace was * snatched from him after his t car was involved in a minor t collision with a truck driven by Williams. Williams says r ! Garner started the fight. — Los Angeles. *