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THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2003

A Native woman testified in the trial of two people charged with murdering a Native RCMP officer in Manitoba, Canada.

The defense challenged Rose Ferguson's statement to police about one of the accused, Laurie Bell. Ferguson, a former jailmate of Bell, has relatives in law enforcement and the defense tried to show she was biased.

The defense also painted Ferguson as a child abuser. Her record includes assault of a tribal police officer.

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