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I know I have posted about this before, but the paving stone puzzles me. The defendants claim it was already in the bedroom, as it was part of a school project by one of the children. Now, one of the two weapons allegedly used was a childs aluminium baseball bat. The bat in itself, is unlikely...

While cremations are not uncommon in Ireland, and burials/ cremations occur within a few days of a death, it is usual to postpone such events where family or loved ones need to travel a long distance, which given how widely dispersed Irish families are, is not in itself uncommon. That being the...

Excellent, cogent, and mature explanation of why the traffic stop has relevance, Logic-lady.

I think we have got to be careful here about what could be considered 'evidential ' , and what is put forward by advocates for the prosecution and the defence. Much of what is put forward as 'evidence' for the defence appears to me to be challenges by the lawyers for the defendants to whatever...

Thanks. I agree with your assessment.

In the interest of moving the discussion onwards, does anybody know if the two defendants are to be tried together or seperately? If seperately, do we know who is to be tried first? I think this may have a bearing on the likelihood of securing a conviction, in my opinion.

I think I asked this in one of my posts on the last thread, but has any evidence been made public as to whether MM in particular was wearing night clothes or day clothes when EMS arrived? Also TM? I think it could be significant in that if MM in particular was wearing day clothes at 3 am and...

Absolutely Sligonian - and welcome to the forum discussion.

I too, am so sorry for all on this forum who have suffered DV. To your credit you all appear to have emerged from it with a great deal of integrity and strength - kudos to you all. I have one question to you who have been through DV though, apart from what friends and family of JC say, why do...

I agree. Although very upsetting for the family, this is a bit of a storm in a teacup as far as settling affairs after a death. This bill would be handled by the estate lawyers but in the circumstances one would have hoped for more sensitivity by the professional lawyers representing all sides...

This 'defence' strategy seems to rely on proving Jason to be an alcohol and drug fuelled enraged, almost godzilla like, creature. However the weight of research such as the study below suggests that blood alcohol levels are more likely to INCREASE post mortem as the alcohol diffuses into...

Going back to the 911 call again, I got the feeling that TM was 'emotionally weary' and exhibited a sort of a 'here we go again' attitude, as if he were resigned to the fact that he would have to bail MM out of her predicament. I get a feeling that Sharon and Uncle Mike may be directing things a...

I honestly think her lawyers are running to catch up with her. They do not appear to be able to control her and have to make up stuff on the fly in order to justify her actions after the event IMO.

I know we are probably straying into trial territory here, but I am not so sure the defendants will not crack under pressure. The weight of opinion in these posts suggest that TM may have played a lesser role than he has admitted to, and although he is experienced LE, it is hard to give specific...

I think if either MM or her parents wanted her to be treated for alleged strangulation, a doctor would have been called. Perhaps even LE would have asked if she needed a doctor. The fact - as far as we are aware - that medical attention was neither requested nor sought, suggests that there was...

Absolutely 100% agree. And the recent posts discounting the likelihood of strangulation would fit with that too.

Great research! Lets look at probability here as opposed to possibility. As far as we are aware, no medical attention was sought by or for TM and/or MM. Surely if they had requested medical attention, it would have been provided. We can assume therefore, in all probability no request for...

I think you are probably right stmarysmead in that when the family think they have a right to something they believe they can just go ahead and take it. But surely that must make their lawyers job a lot more difficult. We haven't heard anything from Uncle Mike for a while and he was the...

Thanks Truthalways and Fizby. I think there is a defiance there from MM and family e.g. the pushing things to the edge like the taking of the furniture, the failure to take down photos from FB sites etc., that seems at odds with the 'mommy martyr' scenario. I don't know how such things are...

Another thing which is at the back of my mind is that it is taking a long time for the ruling on the items taken from the house. Does anyone know anything new about this? Also if it is shown that she did violate a court order to not remove items (other than personal items) would that violate her...