STORY: "Massachusetts murder trial of Irish nanny postponed to April," by reporter Beverly Ford, published by the Irish Times on December 20 2014;
SUB-HEADING: "Defence believes analysis of medical evidence could refute shaken-baby theory."
GIST: "For the third time in two years, lawyers
representing an Irish nanny accused of murdering an infant in her care
have agreed to postpone her trial to give them time to test and analyse
medical evidence in the case. Aisling Brady
McCarthy’s defence team told the court yesterday that a new trial date
was needed because they are still awaiting at least 10 medical samples
from the prosecution which could show exactly how the baby died. “The testing by the defence experts is necessary,” said Middlesex County superior court judge Maureen Hogan,
in setting April 22nd, 2015 as the new date in the murder trial. “I
find continuance of the trial is warranted and serves the interest of
justice.”.........Defence lawyers also requested
that the court allow them to question two expert witnesses for the
prosecution without the jury being present in order to determine whether
they were influenced by comments made by the prosecutors. Ms McCarthy has been in jail in Massachusetts
since January 2013 following her arrest in the death of 12-month-old
Rehma Sabir, who was found unconscious in her family’s Cambridge,
Massachusetts apartment where Ms McCarthy was babysitting. Prosecutors
contend that the child sustained massive brain injuries consistent with
being shaken while in Ms McCarthy’s care."
The entire story can be found at:
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/massachusetts-murder-trial-of-irish-nanny-postponed-to-april-1.2044572
PUBLISHER'S NOTE:
Dear Reader. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog. We are following this case.
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Harold Levy: Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog
