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How arrogance and mistakes led to Shafia’s murder conviction
timothy appleby
Kingston, Ont.— From Monday's Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...afias-murder-conviction/article2319036/page1/
There has been some excellent reporting on this sad case.
Mr. Appleby's article here, weaves the whole story, and provides many details not previously known.
You must read this article, if you followed this case.
Mr. Shafia already owned two cars – a Pontiac minivan and the expensive Lexus SUV that would hurriedly push the Nissan into the lock when the murder plot began to unravel.
But neither was suitable for what the killers had in mind. So one day before the road trip that took the Shafia family to Niagara Falls, Mohammad Shafia bought the Sentra in Montreal for $5,000.
It was small, easy to operate and disposable.
But it had one key feature the murderers overlooked: Front-wheel drive, meaning the front wheels had to have traction for the car to move. So once it got part-way into the space above the lock, and became hung up on a concrete step at the edge, the front wheels spun uselessly.
Ostensibly, according to the defence, the four victims had been on a late-night joyride. But none of them was wearing a seatbelt. The ignition was in the “off” position. And the two front seats were fully reclined, making it difficult for even a tall person to have manoeuvred the steering wheel.
The immigration lawyer was never told about the polygamous marriage between Mohammad, Tooba and Rona.
“I only learned about this afterward — after Mrs. Rona’s death,” Sabine Venturelli testified in November.
If federal officials had known of the true relationship, Venturelli told the court, “immigration would have withdrawn the residents status to all members of the family.”
This is interesting, makes you wonder how well immigration checks people out!
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3459038
Some Canadians complaining of the cost and wishing we had the death penalty.
The House of Shafia is on tonight on CBC the FIFTH ESTATE at 9 pm.
http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/2011-2012/thehouseofshafia/
The family wants a retrial:
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/c...killing-of-four-family-members-seek-new-trial