COURTNEY BC

 A previously convicted Manitoba drug-dealer who became acquainted with MacDonald in Florida.  Wright's release plus relocation to Vancouver Island.

 WILLIAM GORDON WRIGHT - A previously convicted Manitoba drug-dealer who became acquainted with MacDonald in Florida.  In 1979/80 Wright was facing two importing charges, and as part of a plea-bargain he claimed to have left an incriminating notebook while visiting MacDonald, who was a guest at Wilson's house.   This resulted in Wilson's conviction, and Wright's release plus relocation to Vancouver Island.

 immune from prosecution

JACK MACDONALD -  A friend of Winnipeg Jets' owner, Michael Gobuty, MacDonald was a Canadian who operated businesses in Florida.  He lent Gobuty funds for the Jets' NHL franchise-bid, and was co-focus of the 'Operation Enterprise' investigation.  When MacDonald's boat-captain was discovered possessing marijuana at Winnipeg Int'l Airport, they were both arrested; but released when MacDonald revealed that he was a Customs and DEA informant, which made him immune from prosecution.

MICHAEL GOBUTY -  Formerly President and majority-owner of the Winnipeg Jets, whose finances 'Operation Enterprise' investigated.  It is unlikely that the NHL Board of Governors would have approved the franchise, had this been known.    DOUGLAS RUTHERFORD - He became Assistant Deputy Attorney General of Canada in 1980, and directed the Prosecution against Wilson in the Manitoba Provincial Court, pushing for a fifteen-year prison-sentence.

  JUDITH WEBSTER - Prosecution team Lawyer who prepared a Preferred Direct Indictment accusing Wilson of attempted murder, which was eventually withdrawn, but resulted in no Preliminary Hearing and a jury-trial.  She also prepared an inflated-witness list of 121 Police and Crown Law-enforcement professionals for their case against Wilson.  In 1993 Webster was appointed Manitoba Provincial Court Chief Justice.  D'ARCY MCCAFFREY - Jack MacDonald's Winnipeg Lawyer, who also represented Bob Wilson following his arrest in 1979.  He was dismissed in early 1980 due to conflict of interest concerns. JAY PROBER - Winnipeg Lawyer who Wilson was advised to replace McCaffrey with.   Among Prober's numerous blunders was a failed challenge to the Crown's rarely-used Preferred Direct Indictment

BEN HEWAK - The Judge presiding over Wilson's trial.  Prober did not challenge the Prosecution's corroborative evidence (an incriminating notebook) and in his closing-remarks to the jury Hewak advised them that this implied guilt.

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