European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 17, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes sunday May 17, 1992 sex boxing Champ Berbick gets 4-year term for rape from wire reports Miami a Trevor Berbick who lost his heavyweight boxing title to Mike Tyson was sentenced Friday to four years in a Florida prison for raping his children a baby Sitter. A a police Liaison officer tries to Calm Trevor Berbick As he reacts to his four year sentence on  denied Indianapolis up a Mike Tyson lost another round in court when a judge denied the boxers request for a new rape trial on grounds that the judgment of the jury members was influenced by a fire at the hotel where they were sequestered. The former heavyweight champions motion was denied by Marion county Superior court judge Patricia j. Gifford. Tyson 25, is appealing his conviction and six year sentence for raping Desiree Washington a miss Black America Beauty pageant contestant last july. Tyson a defense attorney Vincent j. Fuller of Washington d.c., argued that some jurors lied or gave inaccurate answers when Gifford questioned them during the trial about whether the fire would Lead them to be biased. All but one whom the judge excused told her that they could judge the Case impartially. Boston up a a Federal judge has upheld a British extradition order for a Boston Man accused of stalking and killing an English Exchange student he met while both were in College in Massachusetts. The attorney for Curtis Howard 25, had claimed that his client could not get a fair trial in England because he is Black. His alleged victim who was White was Catherine Ayling 24, whom Howard met while both were at Bridgewater state College. Authorities alleged that Howard followed Ayling to England stalked and then killed her after she spurned his advances. Police alleged Howard stabbed Ayling to death and left her body in a car that he had rented. Her body was found on june 1, 1991, stuffed in the trunk of the car at London a Gatwick International Airport. In arguing against extradition defense attorney Jeffrey Denner had claimed the British press portrayed Howard As a Quot hulking Black american whose Berbick whose sentencing was delayed by questions about his mental condition interrupted the hearing with a rambling outburst. As the sentence was read Berbick shouted a you know what you did. God will punish you a he directed the words at his wife and his attorney Mark Panunzio whom he has accused of conspiring against him. Before sentencing Berbick Dade county circuit judge Thomas Wilson or. Heard testimony from three court appointed psychiatrists who concluded that the Boxer was mentally competent. A the did no to really behave in any bizarre or unusual fashion a said or. Sanford Jacobson one of the three psychiatrists. A the just sort of at times got very lengthy and goes into a roundabout explanation. It takes a Long time to hear him out but i done to think that makes him incompetent either for trial or  Berbick was convicted in february of sexually assaulting the woman who baby sat his four children. He repeatedly interrupted the proceedings with rambling and bizarre allegations of conspiracies against him. In a hearing earlier last week Berbick asked for a new attorney claiming Panunzio had tricked him into representing him. Wilson permitted Panunzio to remain on the Case for fridays sentencing but said Berbick would be allowed a Public defender to represent him on appeals. Berbick held the world boxing councils heavyweight title for eight months in 1986, winning it on a decision Over Pink Lon Thomas. He lost it nov. 22,1986, to Tyson who is serving a six year sentence in an Indiana prison for raping a Beauty pageant contestant. Berbick was convicted of sexually assaulting the 26-year-old baby Sitter in the bedroom of her Miami apartment oct. 31, 1990, after the fighter drove her from his Home near fort Lauderdale. He had testified that the woman willingly had an affair with him. Outside court Berbick a wife Nadine said she was Hurt by her husbands accusations. A it is painful but there a not much i can do a she said. A i know that in a not hurting him. I testified for him at the  in rape Fuller said Post trial comments to the Media and interviews revealed that some jurors speculated that the mafia had something to do with the fire. They expressed fears for their safety he said. Any such fears were Short lived the Marion county prosecutors office argued in its motion to Gifford. The jury convicted Tyson of rape and two counts of criminal deviate conduct for his behaviour in an Indianapolis hotel toward Washington who was 18 at the time. Tyson is serving his sentence at the Indiana youth Center at Plainfield a suburb just West of Indianapolis. The former Champ also has gotten into trouble at the prison a which houses adults despite its name. Officials have tacked 15 Days onto his sentence for threatening prison workers and taken away his commissary privileges for a month. Obsession with White women led him to kill Ayling. On thursday . District court judge Edward f. Harrington upheld the extradition order issued by magistrate judge Lawrence p. Cohen. Harrington agreed that a some of the pretrial publicity May be characterized As racially  but he said a the record indicates that the British judicial system has in place ample pretrial procedures to ensure that the Appellant receives a fair  Harrington also said that the evidence against Howard was  no extradition Date was immediately set. Harrington a office said the Case would be forwarded to the state department which has two months to make a decision on a Date. There is also the possibility that an Appeal by Howard a attorney could delay extradition. Denner however was out of state and not available to comment on whether he planned an Appeal Denner s office said Friday.  grab statue from Mcdonald s from wire reports Biloxi miss. A Mississippi Gulf coast police officers Are on the Lookout for a Kidnap victim a a rather goofy looking 6-footer with red hair who is wearing baggy yellow paints and a red stripped yellow shirt. And red shoes. Missing is the Ronald Mcdonald statue that had stood by the Mcdonald a playground on . 90 for 14 years. The 150-Pound statue was ripped from its Pedestal Early thursday. A is nothing sacred anymore a asked police investigator Kevin Ladnier. Mcdonald s restaurant manager Tom Butler said the company has offered $200 for the return of the  on boric acid new York a a health advice item in the june Issue of Glamour Magazine is erroneous and could be dangerous if followed the Magazine said Friday. In an article on health and pregnancy the Magazine suggested that readers could take boric acid Sitz Baths or they could take �?o500-mg boric acid tablets. Three times a Day with  but Howard Greene a Magazine spokesman said boric acid tablets should not be ingested. A it should have specified that boric acid capsules should be inserted vaginally three times a Day a he said. The Magazine put out a statement warning readers not to ingest the tablets and said a if you accidentally ingest boric acid orally Call your doctor or Poison control Center  the june Issue went on Sale at Newsstands  Winner nonchalant Minneapolis a insurance executive Bob Lewis on Friday claimed his $12.5 million Power a ii Jackpot. A geez i won the lottery a Lewis 55, of Burnsville told co workers thursday when he glanced at the winning numbers while thumbing through a newspaper. The director of recognition and conference planning for Minnesota Mutual in St. Paul said he will pay off his House and then invest most of the remaining Money. He will receive an initial payment of $634,819.09 and 19 subsequent payments of $625,000. The winning ticket was among five compute generated chances Lewis purchased. Lewis also plans to share his winnings with his wife Nadine 51, a nursing instructor and two grown children Paul and  charged Madison . A the publisher of a weekly newspaper was arrested Friday and charged with manufacturing and distributing counterfeit $100 Bills Federal authorities said. Arnold Jarrell publisher of the Hometown news was arrested at the newspapers offices where Fri agents and state troopers confiscated negatives plates and $15,000 in phony Bills said Mike Young a secret service agent. Jarrell was released on $10,000 Bond after appearing before . Magistrate Jerry Hogg. A preliminary hearing was set for May 29. A woman who answered the phone at Jarrells Danville Home said he would not comment. Young said several thousand dollars of the phony Bills were circulated in Charleston Logan and  die in plane crash Greenville . A a single engine plane crashed into a swamp and burned killing All six people on Board. The plane went Down last week about 250 Yards from the end of a runway at Pitt Greenville Airport after taking off in dense fog. But rescuers had to hike about 1.5 Miles through Snake infested thigh deep water and mud because Al terrain vehicles got stuck in mud. Sheriffs deputies shot several water moccasins Pitt county sheriff Billy Vandiford said. A flight plan for the Piper Cherokee indicated the six were travelling from Greenville in Eastern North Carolina to West Palm Beach Fla. Slaying suspect s extradition upheld