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  • Man guilty of manslaughter in neighbor's slaying (Shot drunk, naked neighbor 8 times)

    03/23/2002 6:02:00 AM PST · by NittanyLion · 20 replies · 1,291+ views
    The Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | March 21, 2002 | Gaiutra Bahadur
    Man guilty of manslaughter in neighbor's slaying By Gaiutra Bahadur Inquirer Staff Writer Paul Bellina lost his gamble on a jury today. The Upper Gwynedd homeowner, who pumped eight bullets into a drunken, naked neighbor he mistook for a burglar, now faces up to 20 years in prison after the jurors took just 90 minutes to convict him of voluntary manslaughter. Had he not withdrawn a guilty plea in October, he would have faced a sentence of no more than six years. The jury, brought in from Lancaster County due to pre-trial publicity, found Bellina, 53, guilty in the slaying...