05-01-2012, 09:14 AM
Well in just under an hour we should find out if Rafferty himself will actually testify..... will be interesting as if the defense does call witness' then then they have to give closing arguments before the crown. I am anxious to see what they are going to present, I think the crown has presented a solid case.
London Free Press - The Crown's case against Michael Rafferty has relied heavily on the testimony of Terri-Lynne McClintic, a former girlfriend who confessed to her role in the April 8, 2009, kidnapping of eight-year-old Victoria (Tori) Stafford of Woodstock. The Crown called 61 witnesses and filed 185 exhibits to back up McClintic's story. Here's a breakdown of McClintic's version and the Crown's evidence, and some of what Rafferty's lawyers face as they prepare a defence.
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THE KIDNAPPING
McClintic's testimony:
On April 8, 2009, Michael Rafferty picked her up in a car, went to a gas station and pressed her to kidnap a girl for him. He dropped her off on Fyfe Ave. outside Oliver Stephens public school in Woodstock. She met Tori on the street and lured the girl to Rafferty's car at a nursing home parking lot.
Crown evidence:
Rafferty wrote on his Facebook page that morning: "Everything good is coming my way."
The gas station surveillance video shows Rafferty's 2003 Honda Civic entering, then leaving just before the kidnapping.
A parent waiting for her children said she saw Tori and a woman walking quickly up the street after school.
Video from College Avenue secondary school (CASS) shows the woman and Tori walking up the street.
The surveillance video also shows a vehicle similar in make and style to Rafferty's driving up the street outside the school minutes before the kidnapping. The car goes into the nursing home parking lot.
Surveillance video shows Tori and McClintic crossing the street into the parking lot. The car leaves the parking lot minutes later.
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GUELPH
McClintic's testimony:
She and Rafferty drove to Guelph to buy drugs, and then to Home Depot to get a hammer and garbage bags. On the way, she puts on a CD. Rafferty told her to cover Tori with his black pea coat.
Crown evidence:
The drug dealer testified she sold Rafferty drugs.
Surveillance video from a gas station convenience store shows a Honda Civic pulling in, Rafferty getting out and taking out money.
The car pulls closer to an adjacent Home Depot and video shows McClintic buying a hammer and garbage bags, then returning to the car. Cellphone records show Rafferty's BlackBerry was used in the Guelph area the same time McClintic said they were there.
A black pea coat was found in Rafferty's closet. The CD McClintic said she played was found in his car.
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MOUNT FOREST
McClintic's testimony:
Rafferty drove to a remote spot near Mount Forest where he raped Tori. She only has her upper clothing on. McClintic kills Tori with a hammer and together she and Rafferty put garbage bags over her body before hiding her under trees near a rock pile. Rafferty cleans himself off with water bottles from his car and with her coat.
Crown evidence:
Tori's body is found with no lower clothing on.
Her blood is found on the car door moulding. Her DNA and Rafferty's DNA are found mixed on a gym bag in the car.
Tori's body is found in garbage bags, covered with several rocks, the largest being 49.67 kg, under the branches of fir trees near a rock pile.
The autopsy shows she died of four hammer strokes to the head.
Cellphone tower records show Rafferty's BlackBerry was used in the Mount Forest area.
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THE DRIVE HOME
McClintic's testimony:
After the killing, Rafferty directs her to throw her Shaq runners out the window along a rural road, and gives her a pair of his Puma runners. They head to Cambridge where they clean the car in a car wash and change into clothes Rafferty brought in a gym bag. One of the items he gives her is a pair of gym shorts, either white with green stripes or green with white stripes. On the way back to Woodstock, Rafferty tells her to use a blue knife in the car to cut out some of the seat that cannot be cleaned.
Crown evidence:
A pair of Shaq runners, McClintic's size with the laces tied the way she described them, is found on a rural road. A pair of men's Puma runners are found in her closet. A pair of gym shorts, white with green striping, is found in a gym bag inside Rafferty's car.
A blue knife is found in Rafferty's home, its blade removed. The car seat in his Honda Civic is thrown out some time around April 15.
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THE COVERUP
McClintic's testimony:
Rafferty texted her to tell her he had bought and left her a bottle of blond hair dye to change her appearance. He also rehearsed what she should say to the police. After she was arrested on an unrelated matter April 12, Rafferty came to visit her at the Genest detention centre for youth in London. They talked on the phone often.
Crown evidence:
A bottle of blond hair dye was found in McClintic's closet. A receipt for that hair dye was found in Rafferty's house.
McClintic's journal included different scenarios of what to say to police. Genest detention centre phone records showed communication.
Detention centre video shows two visits from Rafferty.
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BEFORE THE ARREST
Crown evidence:
Hours after the killing, Rafferty texted a woman to arrange a sexual encounter for the next day. He told girlfriends in April he was worried about a friend in custody who was being fingered for the killing.
He also expressed his concern over Tori's disappearance.
On May 11, Rafferty went to a London auto wreckers. On May 14, Rafferty went to the Bell store in Masonville Place to exchange his BlackBerry.
On May 15, he travelled to the U.S, for a specific pair of white Puma shoes. Police interviewed him the same day, and made mention of his unusual looking car. The next day Rafferty called several car rental places.
On May 19, before his arrest, Rafferty went to the Bell store again to see if his replacement phone was in.
London Free Press - The Crown's case against Michael Rafferty has relied heavily on the testimony of Terri-Lynne McClintic, a former girlfriend who confessed to her role in the April 8, 2009, kidnapping of eight-year-old Victoria (Tori) Stafford of Woodstock. The Crown called 61 witnesses and filed 185 exhibits to back up McClintic's story. Here's a breakdown of McClintic's version and the Crown's evidence, and some of what Rafferty's lawyers face as they prepare a defence.
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THE KIDNAPPING
McClintic's testimony:
On April 8, 2009, Michael Rafferty picked her up in a car, went to a gas station and pressed her to kidnap a girl for him. He dropped her off on Fyfe Ave. outside Oliver Stephens public school in Woodstock. She met Tori on the street and lured the girl to Rafferty's car at a nursing home parking lot.
Crown evidence:
Rafferty wrote on his Facebook page that morning: "Everything good is coming my way."
The gas station surveillance video shows Rafferty's 2003 Honda Civic entering, then leaving just before the kidnapping.
A parent waiting for her children said she saw Tori and a woman walking quickly up the street after school.
Video from College Avenue secondary school (CASS) shows the woman and Tori walking up the street.
The surveillance video also shows a vehicle similar in make and style to Rafferty's driving up the street outside the school minutes before the kidnapping. The car goes into the nursing home parking lot.
Surveillance video shows Tori and McClintic crossing the street into the parking lot. The car leaves the parking lot minutes later.
--- --- ---
GUELPH
McClintic's testimony:
She and Rafferty drove to Guelph to buy drugs, and then to Home Depot to get a hammer and garbage bags. On the way, she puts on a CD. Rafferty told her to cover Tori with his black pea coat.
Crown evidence:
The drug dealer testified she sold Rafferty drugs.
Surveillance video from a gas station convenience store shows a Honda Civic pulling in, Rafferty getting out and taking out money.
The car pulls closer to an adjacent Home Depot and video shows McClintic buying a hammer and garbage bags, then returning to the car. Cellphone records show Rafferty's BlackBerry was used in the Guelph area the same time McClintic said they were there.
A black pea coat was found in Rafferty's closet. The CD McClintic said she played was found in his car.
--- --- ---
MOUNT FOREST
McClintic's testimony:
Rafferty drove to a remote spot near Mount Forest where he raped Tori. She only has her upper clothing on. McClintic kills Tori with a hammer and together she and Rafferty put garbage bags over her body before hiding her under trees near a rock pile. Rafferty cleans himself off with water bottles from his car and with her coat.
Crown evidence:
Tori's body is found with no lower clothing on.
Her blood is found on the car door moulding. Her DNA and Rafferty's DNA are found mixed on a gym bag in the car.
Tori's body is found in garbage bags, covered with several rocks, the largest being 49.67 kg, under the branches of fir trees near a rock pile.
The autopsy shows she died of four hammer strokes to the head.
Cellphone tower records show Rafferty's BlackBerry was used in the Mount Forest area.
--- --- ---
THE DRIVE HOME
McClintic's testimony:
After the killing, Rafferty directs her to throw her Shaq runners out the window along a rural road, and gives her a pair of his Puma runners. They head to Cambridge where they clean the car in a car wash and change into clothes Rafferty brought in a gym bag. One of the items he gives her is a pair of gym shorts, either white with green stripes or green with white stripes. On the way back to Woodstock, Rafferty tells her to use a blue knife in the car to cut out some of the seat that cannot be cleaned.
Crown evidence:
A pair of Shaq runners, McClintic's size with the laces tied the way she described them, is found on a rural road. A pair of men's Puma runners are found in her closet. A pair of gym shorts, white with green striping, is found in a gym bag inside Rafferty's car.
A blue knife is found in Rafferty's home, its blade removed. The car seat in his Honda Civic is thrown out some time around April 15.
--- --- ---
THE COVERUP
McClintic's testimony:
Rafferty texted her to tell her he had bought and left her a bottle of blond hair dye to change her appearance. He also rehearsed what she should say to the police. After she was arrested on an unrelated matter April 12, Rafferty came to visit her at the Genest detention centre for youth in London. They talked on the phone often.
Crown evidence:
A bottle of blond hair dye was found in McClintic's closet. A receipt for that hair dye was found in Rafferty's house.
McClintic's journal included different scenarios of what to say to police. Genest detention centre phone records showed communication.
Detention centre video shows two visits from Rafferty.
--- --- ---
BEFORE THE ARREST
Crown evidence:
Hours after the killing, Rafferty texted a woman to arrange a sexual encounter for the next day. He told girlfriends in April he was worried about a friend in custody who was being fingered for the killing.
He also expressed his concern over Tori's disappearance.
On May 11, Rafferty went to a London auto wreckers. On May 14, Rafferty went to the Bell store in Masonville Place to exchange his BlackBerry.
On May 15, he travelled to the U.S, for a specific pair of white Puma shoes. Police interviewed him the same day, and made mention of his unusual looking car. The next day Rafferty called several car rental places.
On May 19, before his arrest, Rafferty went to the Bell store again to see if his replacement phone was in.
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