www.nbc4i.com/story/23630311/trial-set-for-doctor-accused-in-pregnant-woman's-death
His trial has been set to start Oct 29.
Thanks for the update. Do we know if this trial will have media accessing the courtroom? Live streaming?
WSYX ABC 6 (@wsyx6) tweeted at 11:30 PM on Wed, Oct 23, 2013:
BREAKING NEWS: Dr. Ali Salim is scheduled to be in Del. Co. Court tomorrow where he could plead guilty to the murder of Deanna Ballman.
(https://twitter.com/wsyx6/status/393217840100016129)
Ali Salim pleaded guilty to two counts of involuntary manslaughter, one count of tampering with evidence and one count of abuse of a corpse.
Datko says Salim also entered a type of guilty plea to a count of rape where he maintains his innocence but acknowledges prosecutors have enough evidence to convict him.
The 44-year-old Salim entered the pleas Thursday ahead of his scheduled trial.
http://www.nbc4i.com/story/23779270/former-doctor-accused-in-pregnant-womans-death-pleads-guiltySalim will be sentenced on December 20. Family members of Ballman's say they plan to speak at the sentencing.
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/10/24/pregnant-woman-death-plea.htmlThe Columbus doctor accused of killing and raping a pregnant Pataskala mother took a plea deal with prosecutors this morning, pleading guilty to reduced charges of involuntary manslaughter.
Ali Salim, 44, of the North East Side, had been charged with two counts of murder for the deaths of 23-year-old Deanna Ballman and her unborn daughter. Salim was also charged with kidnapping, drugging and raping Ballman before he killed her, with abusing her corpse and with tampering with evidence.
Under the plea agreement reached with prosecutors, he pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence and with abusing Ballman's corpse. He entered an Alford plea to the charge that he raped Ballman. An Alford plea means that Salim maintains his innocence, but concedes that the prosecution has enough evidence to convict him.
Sentencing is set for Dec. 20. Salim faces up to 37 years in prison.
I'm glad that he was caught and pled guilty, but I sure wish he was convicted of murder 1. Geez, you are supposed to be able to trust doctors. I'd be looking to see if this scum has any patients with odd, unexplainable and incurable ailments. I feel sorry for his patients out there knowing they were being treated by this guy, entrusting their health to him. JMO