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GePap
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of the Big Apple
Nov 2001
time: 23:35
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I found this story sufficiently gruesome and disgusting for the OT:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/17/f...s.ap/index.html
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Father convicted of murdering 9 of his children
Friday, June 17, 2005 Posted: 3:23 PM EDT (1923 GMT)
FRESNO, California (AP) -- Marcus Wesson, the domineering patriarch of a clan bred through incest, was convicted Friday of murdering nine of his children, whose bodies were found in a bloody pile last year at the end of a police standoff.
Wesson's conviction on nine counts of first-degree murder makes him eligible for the death penalty. He also was found guilty on all 14 counts of raping and molesting seven of his underage daughters and nieces.
The jurors started deliberations on June 2, ultimately deciding that Wesson himself pulled the trigger.
The defense had argued that Sebhrenah Wesson, 25 -- the oldest to die -- killed herself as well as her siblings and the 1-year-old son she had with her father.
Many of Wesson's surviving family members still support him, and stifled sobs as a clerk read the verdicts. Wesson himself remained quiet and still.
Several witnesses testified that Wesson had repeatedly coached the children to be ready to kill each other and themselves if authorities ever threatened to break up the clan.
The prosecution said Wesson had plenty of time to shoot his children during the 80-minute standoff with police on March 12, 2004. He had closed himself in a back bedroom with the victims, keeping out mothers whose attempt to get their children out of the home had prompted the police standoff.
Prosecutor Lisa Gamoian said in closing arguments that even if Sebhrenah Wesson did pull the trigger, Marcus Wesson should still be found guilty if he encouraged her to kill them, or was part of a conspiracy that led to their slaughter.
The verdict read by the court clerk said the panelists concluded he fired the murder weapon. |
And a picture of dady dearest:
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Pyrodrew
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This seems a slightly better place for this than the "How disconnected are you from your food" thread...
http://www.sabcnews.com/south_afric...,106735,00.html
http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.asp...rticleid=243406
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Two KwaZulu-Natal girls have been left traumatised after witnessing their father eat the flesh off their dead mother's face today, police said. Tienkie van Vuuren, a police spokesperson, said police were called to Thembalethu Village near Mkuze in the Tugela Ferry area at 3am today, after a 13-year-old girl ran to her neighbours for help.
She said when they arrived at the scene they had to force their way inside the house to rescue the other girl (7), who had also been stabbed on the head by the father. "Inside, police found the naked Jabulani Siphethu sitting on top of his common-law wife's body eating the flesh from her face," said Van Vuuren. "Only the forehead was still intact. The bone was visible were the rest of the face use to be".
Siphethu was very aggressive during the arrest and threatened police with the knife he was holding. He was eventually apprehended and taken outside. There, he suddenly choked and became unconscious and died. The seven-year-old girl was removed from the scene by ambulance together with her older sister who escaped unharmed. She said a case of murder and inquest has been opened. A post mortem will on both Khethiwe and Siphethu would also be conducted. - Sapa |
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