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SINGING DETECTIVE CROONS CONFESSION OUT OF CRIM
New Zealand Herald - 6 May 2004
A singing detective has obtained a confession from a gang member over a beer at a Palmerston North karaoke bar. Willie Mitford, a patched Black Power member, was enjoying a pint at Deano's Bar and Grill on Main Street on Friday night when Detective Dave Wishnowsky happened past. Mr Wishnowsky was the officer in charge of a theft-as-a-servant trial brought against Mitford last month. The jury in that trial was hung and Mitford had gone free. One theft charge remained, however, and the two men got to discussing the case over a handle. Before long, a wager was laid. |
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'I had had a few drinks', Mitford said later. 'I said: You get up there and sing me a song, and if you're good, I will go guilty'. Unbeknown to Mitford, Mr Wishnowsky is a former musician, and the dulcet detective had barely started the song when Mitford came forward, shook his hand and promised to change his plea to guilty. 'He was something special, I s*** you not,' Mitford said yesterday. 'I just couldn't believe it.' And to prove there is honour among thieves, Mitford kept his end of the bargain by entering a guilty plea in Palmerston North District Court yesterday.
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