Entwhistle convicted of murdering wife and daughter

[Saddle Bronc 124]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7474358.stm

Briton guilty of family murders

A British man has been found guilty of the murder of his American wife and nine-month-old baby by a US jury.

Neil Entwistle, 29, of Worksop, Notts, had denied killing wife Rachel, 27, and Lillian Rose, at their home in Massachusetts in January 2006.

Entwistle now faces life in prison without the possibility of parole when sentence is passed on Thursday.

Shortly after the verdicts were announced, his lawyers announced that they would appeal against the verdict.

After 13 hours of deliberation, jurors rejected Entwistle's defence that his wife had killed their baby before turning the gun on herself, and that Entwistle had covered it up to "protect her honour".

Eyes closed

Entwistle, dressed in a dark suit, wearing a black suit with a blue tie, looked down as the jury returned its verdicts, before closing his eyes.

As well as being found guilty of the first degree murders of his wife and daughter, he was also convicted on two firearms charges: illegal possession of a firearm and illegal possession of ammunition.

Immediately after the verdicts were announced and Entwistle was led away to the cells, his parents Clifford and Yvonne made statements in which they maintained their son was innocent.

Speaking outside Middlesex County Superior Court in Woburn, Massachusetts, Mrs Entwistle said she stiill believed that her daughter-in-law had been depressed at the time she died.

Clifford Entwistle said: "We will continue to fight for our innocent son in the hope that some day justice will prevail and our little grand-daughter Lilly will rest in peace."

Appeal

Entwistle's lawyer Elliot Weinstein said that "in a different environment" another jury would have reached a different result.

He said he was confident that an appeal against the conviction would succeed, claiming that the police had made "unlawful entries" when they entered the Entwistle house after the killings.

During the two-week trial the jury heard that Entwistle had a secret life in which he trawled the internet for escorts and looked at websites about bankruptcy, killing and suicide.

But the defence insisted that Mrs Entwistle had been depressed and had killed her daughter, then herself.

They said that Entwistle had returned the gun used to kill the pair to his father-in-law's house in an attempt to protect his wife's honour.

A post-mortem examination found Mrs Entwistle had been shot in the forehead at close range and Lillian was killed with a bullet which passed through her abdomen and lodged above her mother's left breast as she cradled her child protectively on the bed.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Not really a surprise - it does sound like he did it and his story about suicide doesn't seem to add up - given the nature of the wounds.

[Chrissy25 0]

i hope he rots

[Nagishkaw 510]

Life without parole!

[Dr. Obvious 49]

A post-mortem examination found Mrs Entwistle had been shot in the forehead at close range and Lillian was killed with a bullet which passed through her abdomen and lodged above her mother's left breast as she cradled her child protectively on the bed.

His parents are insane.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Offhand I thought he had to be extradited from the UK - because he fled the country after the deaths.

[almaty 19]

life without parole

[Ban Hammer 14,569]

life without parole

at hard labor.

[almaty 19]

and sent to an azz pounding prison

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

[Fandango 1,440]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7474462.stm crazy parents!

[zqt3344 21]

Sad and tragic, terrible waste of life for no good reason. Poor families involved.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7474358.stm

Briton guilty of family murders

A British man has been found guilty of the murder of his American wife and nine-month-old baby by a US jury.

Neil Entwistle, 29, of Worksop, Notts, had denied killing wife Rachel, 27, and Lillian Rose, at their home in Massachusetts in January 2006.

Entwistle now faces life in prison without the possibility of parole when sentence is passed on Thursday.

Shortly after the verdicts were announced, his lawyers announced that they would appeal against the verdict.

After 13 hours of deliberation, jurors rejected Entwistle's defence that his wife had killed their baby before turning the gun on herself, and that Entwistle had covered it up to "protect her honour".

Eyes closed

Entwistle, dressed in a dark suit, wearing a black suit with a blue tie, looked down as the jury returned its verdicts, before closing his eyes.

As well as being found guilty of the first degree murders of his wife and daughter, he was also convicted on two firearms charges: illegal possession of a firearm and illegal possession of ammunition.

Immediately after the verdicts were announced and Entwistle was led away to the cells, his parents Clifford and Yvonne made statements in which they maintained their son was innocent.

Speaking outside Middlesex County Superior Court in Woburn, Massachusetts, Mrs Entwistle said she stiill believed that her daughter-in-law had been depressed at the time she died.

Clifford Entwistle said: "We will continue to fight for our innocent son in the hope that some day justice will prevail and our little grand-daughter Lilly will rest in peace."

Appeal

Entwistle's lawyer Elliot Weinstein said that "in a different environment" another jury would have reached a different result.

He said he was confident that an appeal against the conviction would succeed, claiming that the police had made "unlawful entries" when they entered the Entwistle house after the killings.

During the two-week trial the jury heard that Entwistle had a secret life in which he trawled the internet for escorts and looked at websites about bankruptcy, killing and suicide.

But the defence insisted that Mrs Entwistle had been depressed and had killed her daughter, then herself.

They said that Entwistle had returned the gun used to kill the pair to his father-in-law's house in an attempt to protect his wife's honour.

A post-mortem examination found Mrs Entwistle had been shot in the forehead at close range and Lillian was killed with a bullet which passed through her abdomen and lodged above her mother's left breast as she cradled her child protectively on the bed.

[archie07 0]

Entwhistle waived extradiction, I guess he thought he would be acquitted. The suicide plea may have worked if it weren't for him leaving his computer behind. He had an adult friendfinder account and days prior to the murders he researched how to commit suicide with a knife. Then he planned to write a book about the murders..

[Saddle Bronc 124]

life without parole

Exactly what the jury gave him!

[Niels Bohr 72]

I thought a police can enter someone's house without a warrant if they believe something is seriously wrong. Why is the lawyer pushing for illegal entry?