‘COLONEL’ WHO ORDERED BEATING DIDN’T WANT MAN TO DIE, TRIAL TOLD
Ms. Page’s client was charged with first-degree murder. Three Crown witnesses testified they had been ordered by the client to kill the victim. In his statement to police, the client admitted to ordering the others to beat and confine the victim, but insisted that he did not intend for him to die.
After 2 days of deliberating, Ms. Page convinced the jury that the client was not guilty of first-degree murder, and instead a verdict of second-degree murder was entered, thereby avoiding a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment.
