05-09-2012, 12:19 PM
Rafferty has been quite animated today again, mutterng and skaing his head as the crown lays out their closing according to various tweets.
Morning update from LFP - Michael Rafferty was at “the top of his game” in the days after Tori Stafford’s murder, keeping girlfriend Terri-Lynne McClinitc “onside” by visiting her behind bars.
“He had her right where he wanted her in the palm of his hand,” Crown attorney Kevin Gowdey said Wednesday, day two of his final argument to convict Rafferty for the 2009 murder of eight-year-old Victoria (Tori) Stafford.
But Gowdey said that all changed after May 15 when he was interviewed by police.
Worried “the net was closing,” Rafferty bought hair dye, replaced his smartphone, looked for a replacement for the back seat of his car and the Puma shoes he wore April 8, the day the Woodstock girl vanished on her way home from school.
Rafferty, 31, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, kidnapping and sexual assault causing bodily harm. McClintic, 21, his former girlfriend, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison in April 2010.
Going over Rafferty’s phone records on the day Tori disappeared, Gowdey noted it was not used around 7 pm because that would have been when Rafferty was raping and murdering the girl, but the chatty calls to girlfriends resumed an hour later. “He never skipped a beat.”
He also steered jurors to the eight and a half minutes of surveillance video of Rafferty’s car sitting in the Home Depot parking lot while McClintic shopped inside.
“Just think of what Tori endured sitting there” alone with Rafferty, the Crown attorney said, “tired . . . hungry . . . terrified.”
Rodney isn't in court today after leaving around noon yesterday
This from CBC article - It was all too much for Tori's father, Rodney Stafford, who left the courthouse saying it was too difficult to hear about the last moments of his daughter's life.
"It's too hard for me to sit back and not be able to say anything about it," Stafford said outside the courtroom, adding that he feared he could have an outburst and ruin everything.
"I have to allow all this to take its course. I'm fed up. I'm tired."
My heart really breaks for him
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Morning update from LFP - Michael Rafferty was at “the top of his game” in the days after Tori Stafford’s murder, keeping girlfriend Terri-Lynne McClinitc “onside” by visiting her behind bars.
“He had her right where he wanted her in the palm of his hand,” Crown attorney Kevin Gowdey said Wednesday, day two of his final argument to convict Rafferty for the 2009 murder of eight-year-old Victoria (Tori) Stafford.
But Gowdey said that all changed after May 15 when he was interviewed by police.
Worried “the net was closing,” Rafferty bought hair dye, replaced his smartphone, looked for a replacement for the back seat of his car and the Puma shoes he wore April 8, the day the Woodstock girl vanished on her way home from school.
Rafferty, 31, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, kidnapping and sexual assault causing bodily harm. McClintic, 21, his former girlfriend, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison in April 2010.
Going over Rafferty’s phone records on the day Tori disappeared, Gowdey noted it was not used around 7 pm because that would have been when Rafferty was raping and murdering the girl, but the chatty calls to girlfriends resumed an hour later. “He never skipped a beat.”
He also steered jurors to the eight and a half minutes of surveillance video of Rafferty’s car sitting in the Home Depot parking lot while McClintic shopped inside.
“Just think of what Tori endured sitting there” alone with Rafferty, the Crown attorney said, “tired . . . hungry . . . terrified.”
Rodney isn't in court today after leaving around noon yesterday
This from CBC article - It was all too much for Tori's father, Rodney Stafford, who left the courthouse saying it was too difficult to hear about the last moments of his daughter's life.
"It's too hard for me to sit back and not be able to say anything about it," Stafford said outside the courtroom, adding that he feared he could have an outburst and ruin everything.
"I have to allow all this to take its course. I'm fed up. I'm tired."
My heart really breaks for him
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