Misc. cases I

[Lady Cop]

a very fucked up guy.
frankly, the entire lot is fucked up. it's a sad tale.
Boston Herald
The older brother of Olympic figure skating sweetheart Nancy Kerrigan will stand trial for killing their father during a domestic dustup last year over harassing phone calls and text messages made to a cousin’s wife, a judge has ruled.

Middlesex Superior Court Judge John T. Lu has thrown out Mark Kerrigan’s petition that the manslaughter charge he faces be dismissed for lack of evidence. Lu concluded in a 16-page decision that “Mr. Kerrigan’s conduct was both intentional and highly likely to cause substantial harm.”

Mark Kerrigan, 46, is free on bail and living in Stoneham with Brenda Kerrigan, his legally blind, widowed mother who witnessed the fatal fracas over control of a telephone. His trial is scheduled to begin April 29.

Daniel Kerrigan, 70, who suffered from heart disease, died one year ago yesterday as his allegedly drunken son throttled him in their kitchen, according to authorities. A state medical examiner ruled Daniel Kerrigan had a fracture to his larynx, but died of a heart attack that the coroner said was triggered by the brawl.

According to Lu’s memorandum, on the night before his father died, Jan. 23, 2010, Mark Kerrigan made 21 calls to his cousin’s wife in the span of little more than an hour after he and the woman spent the day horseback riding, and she called the cops on him after he later tried to stop her from leaving the Kerrigan home, according to court documents. By 3 a.m. on Jan. 24, 2010, Lu said the woman had 56 text messages and seven voicemails from Mark Kerrigan on her cell phone.

Boston Globe ⁵⁄₁₆

Daniel Kerrigan was "pushed and shoved" by a son who was "drunk, angry, abusive, argumentative and physically violent," a prosecutor said today in an opening statement at the trial of the son, Mark Kerrigan, on a manslaughter charge.

Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth Keeley outlined the prosecution's case at the start of Kerrigan's trial.

Attorney Janice Bassil, previewing the defense case, said Kerrigan "loved his father" and that his father was a "very sick man."

"They want someone to blame," Bassil said. "Sometimes things just happen."

Daniel Kerrigan, 70, died after a confrontation with his son in January 2010 at the Kerrigans' Stoneham home. Mark Kerrigan's defense team has argued that the father died of a preexisting heart condition. The family has stood behind the son.

It was not clear if former Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan would be called to testify in the case. Kerrigan, who was in the courtroom today during the proceedings, said during a break that "no one asked me to testify." Prosecutors said they didn't plan to call her, but defense attorneys declined to say what they planned to do.


good link here:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...phone.html