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911 caller startled killers blame her for man's death
Winnipeg Free Press ^ | December 29, 2007 | Mike McIntyre

Posted on 01/02/2008 11:54:09 AM PST by lastchance

A Good Samaritan who called 911 to report a vicious beating of an innocent man is stunned two convicted killers are trying to blame her for their victim's death.

The 24-year-old woman -- who asked the Free Press not to publish her name -- spoke out for the first time Friday.

"I'm trying not to let it bother me but it's hard," she said. "It's definitely not a very nice thing for them to say."

The two killers -- Dallas Pruden-Wilson and Terrence Sinclair -- brought their sentencing hearing to an abrupt halt last week by claiming they'd been wrongfully convicted of manslaughter.

They have filed a motion saying Queen's Bench Justice Karen Simonsen didn't properly consider the actions -- or inaction -- of the woman who drove by the scene and called for help during the March 2005 incident.

Adam Lecours, 34, was seriously beaten and robbed by Pruden-Wilson and Sinclair and then left lying unconscious on a darkened street in The Maples, only to be run over moments later by an unsuspecting motorist.

The Good Samaritan testified during their trial last January that she saw the attack but was too scared to get out of her car and help Lecours after the culprits fled.

(Excerpt) Read more at winnipegfreepress.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: courtcase; emergency911
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Too bad this just isn't an Onion artice.
1 posted on 01/02/2008 11:54:11 AM PST by lastchance
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To: lastchance

Dallas Pruden-Wilson and Terrence Sinclair

Come on down to PA or TX

We do 911 after 357...


2 posted on 01/02/2008 11:56:24 AM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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“It’s definitely not a very nice thing for them to say.”

Apparently, it’s one thing to murder — and worse to be rude about it afterward.

3 posted on 01/02/2008 11:57:57 AM PST by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: lastchance

Lawyer scum infestation.


4 posted on 01/02/2008 12:00:39 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: lastchance
"It's definitely not a very nice thing for them to say."

Thugs have a tendency to do things that aren't nice.
5 posted on 01/02/2008 12:00:46 PM PST by JamesP81 ("I am against "zero tolerance" policies. It is a crutch for idiots." --FReeper Tenacious 1)
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To: lastchance
Defence lawyers Randy Minuk and Roberta Campbell argued last week their clients should not have been convicted of Lecours' death when the woman had the opportunity to rescue him and "control the scene."

It's her fault for not stopping us from killing him!

6 posted on 01/02/2008 12:01:14 PM PST by forkinsocket
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To: lastchance

If she had been able to have a gun with her, she wouldn’t have had to fear stopping her car, getting out and putting a cap in both their a**es.


7 posted on 01/02/2008 12:01:23 PM PST by Free State Four
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To: lastchance

They’ll get off for sure.


8 posted on 01/02/2008 12:01:34 PM PST by Brilliant
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Emilia xxxxxxxx testified during their trial last January she saw the attack but was too scared to get out of her car and help Lecours after the culprits fled and he lay on the road.

She called on her cellphone for help, but Lecours was struck and killed before police or paramedics could arrive.

Defence lawyers Randy Minuk and Roberta Campbell argued Friday their clients should not have been convicted of Lecours’ death when it’s clear Rzedzian had the opportunity to rescue him and “control the scene.”

IDIOTS!


9 posted on 01/02/2008 12:03:40 PM PST by kcvl
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To: JamesP81
Thugs have a tendency to do things that aren't nice.

So do lawyers.

10 posted on 01/02/2008 12:05:12 PM PST by weegee (End the Bush-Bush-Bush-Clinton/Clinton-Clinton/Clinton-Bush-Bush-Clinton/Clinton Oligarchy in 2008.)
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Defence lawyers Randy Minuk and Roberta Campbell argued Friday their clients should not have been convicted of Lecours’ death when it’s clear Rzedzian had the opportunity to rescue him and “control the scene.”

Doesn't this mean that THEY ALSO had the "opportunity to rescue him and 'control the scene.'?"

11 posted on 01/02/2008 12:10:47 PM PST by Onelifetogive (* Sarcasm tag ALWAYS required. For some FReepers, sarcasm can NEVER be obvious enough.)
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To: Onelifetogive
Doesn't this mean that THEY ALSO had the "opportunity to rescue him and 'control the scene.'?"

Based on the "you touched him last" rule, the thugs had opportunity and even more responsibility to do so.
13 posted on 01/02/2008 12:15:24 PM PST by Sopater (A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left. ~ Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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Um, causal relationship? The guy wouldn’t have been run over in the street if the thugs hadn’t beaten him in the first place. “It’s not our fault if no one stopped us from killing him” is not a very effective argument. More incriminating if anything.


14 posted on 01/02/2008 12:16:51 PM PST by Free Vulcan (Hey Iowans: the only opinions that matter are the ones in the room voting January 3rd.)
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“Court heard the teen, Pruden-Wilson and Sinclair had been drinking at a nearby house party when they decided to go outside and rob someone.”


15 posted on 01/02/2008 12:18:30 PM PST by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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"The lawyers' argument blaming the death on the driver who ran over Lecours was rejected."

Similarly, the argument blaming the death on her inactivity will also be rejected.

16 posted on 01/02/2008 12:18:51 PM PST by robertpaulsen
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To: kcvl

Exactly! Bystanders are not obligated to be victimized any further harm by thugs! Their atty’s tactic should have been SQUASHED... and the thugs should have been silenced.


17 posted on 01/02/2008 12:20:02 PM PST by Freedom2specul8 (Please pray for our troops.... http://anyservicemember.navy.mil/)
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To: Onelifetogive

It means things could be worse. If she has tried to move him she might have been run over too.


18 posted on 01/02/2008 12:21:02 PM PST by CindyDawg (.)
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To: lastchance

would not have been a problem if she had a handgun in the car and the training to use it. She should sue Canada.


19 posted on 01/02/2008 12:25:14 PM PST by truemiester (If the U.S. should fail, a veil of darkness will come over the Earth for a thousand years)
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To: lastchance

Eh, it’s Canada. Sort of a California light. They may get away with it.


20 posted on 01/02/2008 12:25:29 PM PST by VeniVidiVici (Jay Grodner stands accused of keying a Marine's car. He's also a lawyer.)
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