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Accused in lesbian axe-murder trial acquitted
Globe and Mail ^ | 6/5/09

Posted on 06/05/2009 12:57:42 PM PDT by pissant

Jury finds 24-year-old woman not guilty of first degree murder in death of her female lover's long-time boyfriend

Amid a torrent of emotion, a Toronto woman accused of using an axe to bludgeon to death her lesbian lover's possessive boyfriend walked free from a downtown courtroom yesterday afternoon, acquitted of first-degree murder.

The verdict from the seven-woman, five-man jury capped more than three days of tense deliberations.

Ashleigh Pechaluk, 24, and her parents embraced tearfully before stepping out into the bright sunshine to face a bank of microphones and television cameras.

Arrested the day of the murder, she spent more than two and a half years in custody.

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


TOPICS: Canada; Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: axemurderer; canada; lesbian
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To: pissant
The Crown's case against Ms. Pechaluk was almost entirely circumstantial. The gory crime scene yielded no physical evidence against her: no blood traces, no fingerprints, no DNA.

If I was a juror, I would think this was strange. Apparently the other girl is also being tried for murder.
21 posted on 06/05/2009 1:07:28 PM PDT by microgood
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To: colorado tanker

here is a bit more background for you.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2009/04/15/9117581-sun.html


22 posted on 06/05/2009 1:10:37 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: microgood

yeah - that may be what this is all about - the trial coming up may be the real perp’s trial


23 posted on 06/05/2009 1:11:04 PM PDT by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: pissant
What is important for the "prosecution is always right crowd" out there.

The gory crime scene yielded no physical evidence against her: no blood traces, no fingerprints, no DNA.

For an AXE murder, and she was the one who supposedly swung the axe?

24 posted on 06/05/2009 1:11:07 PM PDT by Darren McCarty (We do what we have to do.)
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To: microgood

And the other girl will rat her out.


25 posted on 06/05/2009 1:11:14 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: Darren McCarty

No, she helped plan it.


26 posted on 06/05/2009 1:11:37 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: pissant

“Amid a torrent of emotion, a Toronto woman accused of using an axe to bludgeon to death her lesbian lover’s possessive boyfriend walked free from a downtown courtroom yesterday afternoon, acquitted of first-degree murder.”

WHEN WILL WE BAN AXES? WHERE IS THE ANTI-AXE LOBBY?


27 posted on 06/05/2009 1:13:03 PM PDT by jessduntno (July 4th, 2009. Washington DC. Gadsden Flags. Be There.)
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To: Darren McCarty

Actually, my mistake. She was the axer.


28 posted on 06/05/2009 1:13:12 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: pissant

Hey, let me axe u sumpin...


29 posted on 06/05/2009 1:14:10 PM PDT by MrB (Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)
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To: pissant

“Ashleigh Pechaluk hatched a plot to bludgeon her lesbian lover’s boyfriend to death so that the women could marry and have children, a prosecutor says.”

SO, THEY ARE NOT JUST MURDERERS, BUT MAGICIANS, TOO?


30 posted on 06/05/2009 1:14:33 PM PDT by jessduntno (July 4th, 2009. Washington DC. Gadsden Flags. Be There.)
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To: pissant

If you actually read the article it seems the case against the woman was completely circumstantial and lacked compelling evidence. Someone in the prosecutors office f ed up.


31 posted on 06/05/2009 1:15:28 PM PDT by Kozak (USA 7/4/1776 to 1/20/2009 Reqiescat in Pace)
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To: MrB

And we all go down to the Audobon Zoo/Where they all axe for you...


32 posted on 06/05/2009 1:15:29 PM PDT by dfwgator (USM is Gator Bait! (Congrats to U-Dub!))
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To: pissant
Apparently not. Alleged axer.

I'll take the jury's word on this, based on no physical evidence.

33 posted on 06/05/2009 1:16:14 PM PDT by Darren McCarty (We do what we have to do.)
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To: Kozak

Except that little part about her telling coworkers about the plan ahead of time, ommitted from the article I posted. But found here.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2009/04/15/9117581-sun.html


34 posted on 06/05/2009 1:17:12 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: Darren McCarty

She’s guilty


35 posted on 06/05/2009 1:18:24 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: pissant

I looked to read comments at the site and it said, “Comments disabled due to legal concerns.” That is so very sad that Canada is PC run amok.


36 posted on 06/05/2009 1:36:16 PM PDT by Tessarie
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To: pissant
Better to be the axer than the axee.
37 posted on 06/05/2009 1:41:06 PM PDT by Bratch
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To: Tessarie

They were concerned that Mark Steyn would weigh in.


38 posted on 06/05/2009 1:41:07 PM PDT by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: Bratch

I reckon so


39 posted on 06/05/2009 1:44:12 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: pissant

Well at least they are free to cross the southern border now and get married in New Humpshers.


40 posted on 06/05/2009 1:52:55 PM PDT by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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