A judge in Massachusetts has abruptly suspended a hearing for the repetition of Karen Read for the alleged murder of her agent friend after officers of Justice claimed that two expert witnesses in the first trial were paid more than $ 20,000 by the Reading Team of Read.
Judge Beverly Cannone said that new information on Tuesday by the public prosecutor Hank Brennan caused her ‘serious concern’ that would influence the repetition in the case with the death of Reads’ death, Boston Cop John O’Keefe, WCVB reported.
Earlier in the hearing, Brennan asked that two experts in the field of reconstruction of accidents that witnessed in the first trial period witnessed would not be returned. According to Brennan, the experts were hired by federal researchers, they had unknown communication with the Reader’s defense team and had paid $ 23,000.
Brennan read examples of some of the communication between the experts, who work for the “multidisciplinary engineering consultancy” ArcCa LLC.
In one set of messages, the ARCCA witnessed the defense for his interrogation and gave an overview of questions and answers to use during direct research.
Officers of Justice have accused of touching O’Keefe with her SUV and let him die in the snow in January 2022.
She maintained her innocence, with her defense with the argument that O’Keefe was not killed by Read – but was beaten to death by his agent friends during a drunk fight and left in the snow with reading the scapegoat.
Brennan, the public prosecutor, mentioned specific testimonies from ArcCA -employee Daniel Wolfe, who said during the first process of Read that he and his colleagues found the damage to Read’s SUV, was not consistent with a pedestrian who was beaten.
“That is being duped. So I didn’t know this, but I tried a few cases. I went to the federal court a bit. I know how it works, “Brennan said Tuesday and added:” I don’t care if the ArcCA witnesses witnessed during the trial. I do not care about their opinions, but I indicate that it is unfair, unbalanced and hidden. ”
After Brennan completed his comments, Cannone called for a break. When she returned, she created the hearing and said to the court: “The Commonwealth has only given the court information that causes me serious concern.”
She continued: “The implications of that information can have far-reaching effects on this defense and defense advisor. So for that reason I am going to suspend today, so that when we meet again to tackle these problems, all affected are prepared correctly. “
Outside the courtroom, Read’s lawyer Alan Jackson denied the experts to testify, TMZ reported.
A new hearing to discuss the problem is planned for 25 February.
