The court appearance came after Kent Mawhinney and his attorney, Jeffrey Kestenband, missed a hearing on the motion last week because they were in the wrong courtroom.
connecticut.news12.com
11/3/23
The former attorney charged with conspiracy to commit murder in the disappearance and presumed death of Jennifer Dulos will have to keep wearing his GPS ankle monitor while out on bond. A judge denied Kent Mawhinney’s request to have the device removed Friday afternoon, according to the Stamford Superior Court clerk.
The court appearance came after Mawhinney and his attorney, Jeffrey Kestenband,
missed a hearing on the motion last week because they were in the wrong courtroom.
In the newest motion to remove GPS monitoring, Kestenband said Mawhinney is not a flight risk. The motion stated that his
immediate family lives in Connecticut, he has
no passport, and he
doesn’t know any foreign languages. It also said the case has garnered so much attention, Mawhinney
would be recognizable anywhere if he tried to flee. The motion also pointed out that he’s traveled outside Connecticut multiple times with the court’s permission and had no violations.
The ankle bracelet has caused “
undue embarrassment and anxiety” to Mawhinney and interfered with employment opportunities, according to the motion. It said Mawhinney has the ability to teach power skating lessons to teenage ice hockey players,
but the bracelet prevents him from being able to wear an ice skate. Mawhinney previously requested the bracelet’s removal so he could get a job as a referee for local ice hockey games, but that motion was denied.