Accused in lesbian axe-murder trial acquitted

Globe and Mail ^ | 6/5/09

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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.

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I think the canuckleheads already have gay marriage

[colorado tanker]

Puddicombe had another motive for murder, Lissaman told the jury, as she was the sole beneficiary of Hoy's $250,000 life insurance and pension policies. Puddicombe, now 36, will go on trial after Pechaluk's trial ends, probably in two months.

If Pechaluk really did it then it seems a Lizzy Borden situation of lack of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Maybe the evidence is stronger against Puddicombe (can you believe that name?).

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Yeah. It would be interesting to see the transcripts. But my interest in this story has just about expired already. LOL

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WHERE IS THE ANTI-AXE LOBBY?

You mean the Axes of Evil®? They kind of "split," so to speak, when Bush became unpopular.

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If he took the axe away from her and split her head, he would be serving 40 years to life.

[jessduntno]

“You mean the Axes of Evil®? They kind of “split,” so to speak, when Bush became unpopular.”

That was pretty sharp, but I was axing about the folks who should be trying to get a grip on the axe death rate...and especially the concealed hand axes...they are being sold in axe shows around the country...