GUILTY MI - Jane Bashara, 56, dies in contract killing, Grosse Pointe Park, 25 Jan 2012 #5

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George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 2m2 minutes ago Detroit, MI
She didn't tell cops about the laptop that was kept at her place of employment.


George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 1m1 minute ago Detroit, MI
That's the computer from which she posted false things about Jane to the Hinky Meter and correspondence w Rachel

 

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Mandi Wright ‏@DetroitMandi 27m27 minutes ago
Giffin testified that police investigated owner of computer and asked her to sign a form for them to take it.

 

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George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 53s54 seconds ago Detroit, MI
After cops seized her computer at work, Giffin hired a lawyer.

 

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Mandi Wright ‏@DetroitMandi 25m25 minutes ago
Giffin not pleased yesterday when told she would need to stay in Detroit to continue testimony today #bobbashara

 

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George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 2m2 minutes ago Detroit, MI
When asked if she wanted immunity because she was afraid she'd committed crimes, Giffin answered, "A little bit."

Judge: "A little bit?!"

 

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Mandi Wright ‏@DetroitMandi 20m20 minutes ago
Giffin attempts to describe sexual play as opposed to sex to the judge #bobbashara

 

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George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 1m1 minute ago Detroit, MI
The former cop said she didn't think contacting Rachel after the PPO was a crime. "I was trying to be a friend to both."


George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 1m1 minute ago Detroit, MI
Bob tried to have Giffin talk Rachel out of getting a PPO against him "because it would make him look bad."

 

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George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 1m1 minute ago Detroit, MI
Judge: "You believed your friendship meant more to you than committing a crime, or exposing your little private life?"


George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 57s57 seconds ago Detroit, MI
Judge: "Being a former police officer...you didn't think it was appropriate for someone in jail to be calling you?"
Answer...."There's many innocent people in jail."

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 1m1 minute ago Detroit, MI
Giffin: "I was just trying to be supportive of a friend in the beginning."
McCarthy: "You were supportive more than in the beginning."

 

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George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 35s35 seconds ago Detroit, MI
Giffin: "Bob would go back and forth, talking one day about making me his slave; then he'd say we were friends..."

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 50s50 seconds ago Detroit, MI
The terminology of making her his slave was to "Bring her to him."

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 45s45 seconds ago Detroit, MI Giffin said she took what Bob said about making her his slave "with a grain of salt."

 

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George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 37s38 seconds ago Detroit, MI
Giffin: "He always talked about Rachel; occasionally he'd talk about his family."

 

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George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 1m1 minute ago Detroit, MI
Judge asked how long she'd been on http://alt.com . "I'm gonna ask you a question: Do men lie on there about being married?"

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 1m1 minute ago Detroit, MI
Giffin answered that she'd been on http://alt.com a couple years, and that it's not at all uncommon for men to lie

 

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George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 1m1 minute ago Detroit, MI
Giffin said Rachel was living in a fantasy land because it wasn't likely they'd really buy a house together, because Bob was married.

 

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marie osborne‏@marieosbornewwj 3m3 minutes ago

#BobBashara just put his tinted shield on. He told the judge he'd do so if he needed to@WWJ950 pic.twitter.com/YmxSnyxLJf

 

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George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 8m8 minutes ago Detroit, MI
McCarthy: “You made a decision to put a lie on Hinky Meter.”Giffin: “Yes.”

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 8m8 minutes ago Detroit, MI
McCarthy: “You made a decision to put a lie on Hinky Meter.”
Giffin: “Yes.”

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 6m6 minutes ago Detroit, MI
McCarthy: "You said you would come to him to be a slave."
Judge corrected: "No, that he would bring her to him."
Jurors chuckled.

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 6m6 minutes ago Detroit, MI
Giffin: "With Rachel turning her back on him, and some of the things she was doing to his mother, is how I felt she was a *****."

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 5m5 minutes ago Detroit, MI
Giffin was mad that Rachel didn't want to pay Bob's mother $ she owed.
Judge: "What does that have to do with you?"

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 4m4 minutes ago Detroit, MI
Bob told Giffin he was depressed in jail.

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 2m2 minutes ago Detroit, MI
McCarthy: "You made your own decisions about how to deal with police when they contacted you. It was your decision: The Hinky Meter..."

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 2m2 minutes ago Detroit, MI
..contacting Rachel, telling lies to police...trying to hide your own computer -- your decision, right?"
Giffin: "Yes."

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 1m1 minute ago Detroit, MI
Lindsey redirect: "When you were doing these things, you were doing that to please him, correct?"

"Yes."

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 21s21 seconds ago Detroit, MI
Argument now over a document Lindsey wanted to enter into evidence.
Diallo: "We have almost a terabyte of information."

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 20s21 seconds ago Detroit, MI
An email between Giffin and Rachel on Feb. 6 2012 is being discussed.

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 5m5 minutes ago
Bob watches as Giffin testifies pic.twitter.com/jiVC7pW9O5

 

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George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 2m2 minutes ago Detroit, MI
Giffin wrote that Bob had her convinced his divorce was final, and that "he was very convincing."

 

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George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 22s22 seconds ago Detroit, MI
Lindsey asked if she believed Bob's divorce was final.
Answer: "It's very confusing..."
Judge: "Answer the question!"

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 3m3 minutes ago Detroit, MI
There was a sidebar at the bench; judge had harsh words, "you're not gonna do that!!!" Then called for a 10 minute recess.

 

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Mandi Wright ‏@DetroitMandi 3m3 minutes ago
During break #bobbashara attrny. Lillian Diallo listens to evidence via headphones next to Asst. Pros. Mark Hindelang

 

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George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 21m21 minutes ago Detroit, MI
Back on the record in #bobbashara trial. Lisa Lindsey is asking Giffin about saying that Bob was a "pathological liar"

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 21m21 minutes ago Detroit, MI
She also told Gillett that she thought Jane confronted Bob about moving into a house and that "pushed him over the edge"

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 20m20 minutes ago Detroit, MI Lindsey: "Is it typical in a brother-sister relationship for the brother to 'bring her to them?' Unless we're talking about (incest)"

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 20m20 minutes ago Detroit, MI
Lindsey asked if BDSM play, while not technically sex, intimate; and whether Giffin lied when cops asked if she and Bob had been intimate

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 19m19 minutes ago Detroit, MI Lisa: "He had nipple clamps on you, correct? He was using a vibrator on you. Is that not intimate?"
Giffin: "It could be considered intimate

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 19m19 minutes ago Detroit, MI Lindsey asked if lying to cops could impact their investigation, and Giffin answered "somehow."
Judge: "Somehow?!!!?"

 

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George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 18m18 minutes ago Detroit, MI
Rachel moved out of Michigan, and asked Giffin not to tell Bob where she lived.
Giffin told Bob anyway.
Judge: "Why did you do that?"

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 18m18 minutes ago Detroit, MI
Answer: "I think I did it in a broad statement asking him to leave her alone; that she was down in Texas with her son."

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 18m18 minutes ago Detroit, MI Giffin said it was more "a slip of the tongue" - not running back to tell Bob where Rachel lived.

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 18m18 minutes ago Detroit, MI After Bob was charged w solicitation, he began bad-mouthing his daughter to Giffin, calling her a "spoiled little girl."

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 17m17 minutes ago Detroit, MI
Bob during jailhouse phone call: “My daughter’s giving everyone hell. It’s unfortunate the way she’s acting; she’s so spoiled."

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 17m17 minutes ago Detroit, MI Bob: "It’s such a shame. People are getting to her. Jane’s family; Jane’s friends – they’re all getting to her.”

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN 17m17 minutes ago Detroit, MI Giffin called his daughter a "*****" and Bob replied, "yep. Well, it's good to hear your voice."

 

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marie osborne ‏@marieosbornewwj 17m17 minutes ago #bobbashara gave Giffin money to help pay her utility bills. pic.twitter.com/ijmJ0CV2Ok