04-20-2012, 11:44 AM
OMG!!! So yesterday (article below) they were talking about his cell activity on the day Tori was taken and what is showed..... it basically put him in the areas decsribed by TLM, thus giving her testimony more credence. They mentioned about him bbm'ing with a Charity Spitzig throughout the day and that's all we heard... until today!!
So Charity is the first witness on the stand, she met him on POF in April 2008, she is 26 and mother of 4 (was 5 but a son passed away, which i assume is the stepson he told Amanda about). So they discussed how to make money easily and she got into the escorting business..... with all of her money earned going to Rafferty!!! Between December 2008-May 2009 a total of $16,835 was deposited by her to Rafferty's account, and she handed over cash too! She said they were exclusive and wanted to marry etc, we know now he was dating plenty of other women, he was basically pimping this girl and using that money to buy things for his other g/f's, their kids, his drugs, shopping trips to the states, the hammer and garbage bags. Wow, just wow
Article about yesterday's testimony:
LondonFreePress - The phone company uses cell tower technology to pinpoint where and when you make phone calls and send you a bill.
The Crown trying Michael Rafferty for first-degree murder is using the same technology to pinpoint his phone calls April 8, 2009, and send him to prison.
A connect-the-dots map of his BlackBerry usage shown to jurors Thursday backs up earlier testimony -- from timeframe to locations -- about the abduction of eight-year-old Victoria (Tori)Stafford that day.
Rafferty's former girlfriend, Terri-Lynne McClintic, testified earlier that Tori was snatched after school in Woodstock and put in Rafferty's car.
Rafferty then drove to Guelph, where he stopped for drugs and to get a hammer and garbage bags, she said.
According to Bell Canada records, four calls from Rafferty's BlackBerry were transmitted by Guelph cell towers from 4:18 to 5:03 p.m. April 9, 2009.
McClintic said after leaving Guelph, they travelled north up Hwy. 6 to Mount Forest, where Tori was raped, killed with a hammer and hidden in garbage bags. It was daylight when they arrived at the scene, and when they left. A BlackBerry call hit a tower southeast of Mount Forest at 7:47 p.m.
From Mount Forest, she and Rafferty drove to Cambridge about 8 p.m. There, they washed his car, threw out old clothing and the hammer, and changed into new clothing, McClintic testified. A BlackBerry call was routed at 8:41 p.m. from a tower in Cambridge.
The BlackBerry was used again at 11:21 p.m. between Drumbo and Woodstock and 16 minutes later in Woodstock, according to cell tower records.
Rafferty, 31, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, kidnapping and sexual assault causing bodily harm in Tori's disappearance. McClintic, 21, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in 2010 and is serving a life sentence.
Jurors were given a lesson Thursday about cell towers from Bell Canada Enterprises forensics and security manager David Broad.
The cell phone network, made up of towers and switches at those towers, "has always got to know where your device is," he said.
Cell phones will always try to send radio signals to the nearest tower first, he said.
Calls are divided into voice calls, event calls -- such as texts and downloads -- and data calls - a session on the Internet.
Under police orders, Bell collected Rafferty's BlackBerry records from Feb. 1 to May 19, 2009, the day he was arrested.
Broad helped prepare a map of voice and data calls made on Rafferty's BlackBerry April 8, and analysed other records for the jury.
Some of the records suggest a possible inconsistency in McClintic's testimony, one Rafferty's lawyer Dirk Derstine questioned.
The tower records show the BlackBerry was turned on and used from 4:18 p.m. to 7:03 p.m. the day Tori was abducted. But McClintic testified Rafferty directed her to take out the battery shortly after leaving Woodstock until they reached Guelph.
Also questioned was inconsistency in the cell tower records that showed the BlackBerry being used at 7:46 p.m. near Fergus and a minute later 43 kilometres away near Mount Forest.
It's possible both calls were made in the Mount Forest area, but one bounced off the Fergus tower, Bell engineer Mustafa Bakhtyar testified.
"I cannot guarantee it," he added.
To Derstine, Bakhtyar acknowledged the inconsistency shows cell tower records must be used with caution when trying to prove exactly where a caller was. Weather conditions or obstructions can block calls, he said.
According to the Crown's opening statement, jurors will also learn who Rafferty was calling or messaging. The trial continues Friday.
So Charity is the first witness on the stand, she met him on POF in April 2008, she is 26 and mother of 4 (was 5 but a son passed away, which i assume is the stepson he told Amanda about). So they discussed how to make money easily and she got into the escorting business..... with all of her money earned going to Rafferty!!! Between December 2008-May 2009 a total of $16,835 was deposited by her to Rafferty's account, and she handed over cash too! She said they were exclusive and wanted to marry etc, we know now he was dating plenty of other women, he was basically pimping this girl and using that money to buy things for his other g/f's, their kids, his drugs, shopping trips to the states, the hammer and garbage bags. Wow, just wow
Article about yesterday's testimony:
LondonFreePress - The phone company uses cell tower technology to pinpoint where and when you make phone calls and send you a bill.
The Crown trying Michael Rafferty for first-degree murder is using the same technology to pinpoint his phone calls April 8, 2009, and send him to prison.
A connect-the-dots map of his BlackBerry usage shown to jurors Thursday backs up earlier testimony -- from timeframe to locations -- about the abduction of eight-year-old Victoria (Tori)Stafford that day.
Rafferty's former girlfriend, Terri-Lynne McClintic, testified earlier that Tori was snatched after school in Woodstock and put in Rafferty's car.
Rafferty then drove to Guelph, where he stopped for drugs and to get a hammer and garbage bags, she said.
According to Bell Canada records, four calls from Rafferty's BlackBerry were transmitted by Guelph cell towers from 4:18 to 5:03 p.m. April 9, 2009.
McClintic said after leaving Guelph, they travelled north up Hwy. 6 to Mount Forest, where Tori was raped, killed with a hammer and hidden in garbage bags. It was daylight when they arrived at the scene, and when they left. A BlackBerry call hit a tower southeast of Mount Forest at 7:47 p.m.
From Mount Forest, she and Rafferty drove to Cambridge about 8 p.m. There, they washed his car, threw out old clothing and the hammer, and changed into new clothing, McClintic testified. A BlackBerry call was routed at 8:41 p.m. from a tower in Cambridge.
The BlackBerry was used again at 11:21 p.m. between Drumbo and Woodstock and 16 minutes later in Woodstock, according to cell tower records.
Rafferty, 31, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, kidnapping and sexual assault causing bodily harm in Tori's disappearance. McClintic, 21, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in 2010 and is serving a life sentence.
Jurors were given a lesson Thursday about cell towers from Bell Canada Enterprises forensics and security manager David Broad.
The cell phone network, made up of towers and switches at those towers, "has always got to know where your device is," he said.
Cell phones will always try to send radio signals to the nearest tower first, he said.
Calls are divided into voice calls, event calls -- such as texts and downloads -- and data calls - a session on the Internet.
Under police orders, Bell collected Rafferty's BlackBerry records from Feb. 1 to May 19, 2009, the day he was arrested.
Broad helped prepare a map of voice and data calls made on Rafferty's BlackBerry April 8, and analysed other records for the jury.
Some of the records suggest a possible inconsistency in McClintic's testimony, one Rafferty's lawyer Dirk Derstine questioned.
The tower records show the BlackBerry was turned on and used from 4:18 p.m. to 7:03 p.m. the day Tori was abducted. But McClintic testified Rafferty directed her to take out the battery shortly after leaving Woodstock until they reached Guelph.
Also questioned was inconsistency in the cell tower records that showed the BlackBerry being used at 7:46 p.m. near Fergus and a minute later 43 kilometres away near Mount Forest.
It's possible both calls were made in the Mount Forest area, but one bounced off the Fergus tower, Bell engineer Mustafa Bakhtyar testified.
"I cannot guarantee it," he added.
To Derstine, Bakhtyar acknowledged the inconsistency shows cell tower records must be used with caution when trying to prove exactly where a caller was. Weather conditions or obstructions can block calls, he said.
According to the Crown's opening statement, jurors will also learn who Rafferty was calling or messaging. The trial continues Friday.
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