Awaiting Trial

[TobyTiger]

GERRY LEONE: HIS YEAR BEGAN WITH MURDER (http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/homepage/x1197560418)

Gerry Leone did not have a lot of time to settle into his seat in his new office when he took the reins as the new Middlesex District Attorney last year.

Just two weeks after he took office on Jan. 4, 2007, 15-year-old James Alenson was stabbed to death in Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School on Jan. 19. John Odgren, 17, of Princeton and a student at the school, was arrested.

Since then, it has been a busy first year for Leone, of Holliston, who was a prosecutor under then-Middlesex District Attorney Tom Reilly in the 1990s.

"It's been a very successful year on a lot of fronts," he said on Friday, his first anniversary. "Things have been one hand hectic, but the other hand, it's gone very well."

It was a successful year on the prosecution side. The district attorney's office convicted 16 of 16 murder defendants in 2007. Working with Massachusetts State Police assigned to his office, 15 of 18 murders in Middlesex County were solved in 2007.

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This year will continue to be busy, with several high profile cases on the horizon. Neil Entwistle's murder trial is expected to bring the kind of media attention from both the United States and England as the Louise Woodward trial did in 1997. Leone was one of the prosecutors on that case.

Entwistle, who is from England, is alleged to have killed his wife and daughter on Jan. 20, 2006. His trial is scheduled to begin in March.

Leone said his office is ready for the media onslaught.

"Public communication is very important, be it either print or television," he said. "It means more people are going to see it, and we have to build a solid prosecution. The attention that it has means we have to be better at what we have to do. I'm confident about it."

more at the link

[Lynn Gweeny]

Entwistle trial date moved to June
By Norman Miller
GateHouse News Service
Fri Jan 25, 2008, 02:32 PM EST

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The trial for former Hopkinton resident Neil Entwistle, who is accused of murdering his wife and baby two years ago, has been postponed to June.

Entwistle’s lawyer, Elliot Weinstein, told Middlesex Superior Court Judge Diane Kottmyer at a hearing today that his co-counsel, Stephanie Page, recently underwent "major surgery," and would not be able to prepare for the scheduled March 17 trial date.

Her doctors will not allow her to begin working until at least the end of February, Weinstein said. (more at link)

http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/state/x142936114

[johnielee333]

cant wait for this trial. he is so guilty IMO

[concerto]

ITA, johnielee!

Can't wait to see him in prison!

[cavimom]

I have been e-mailing with our local tv news channel 5. they will have live streaming video of this trial! Also of all bigger cases in Mass. :zm10:
I will post link when i get home.. on wk computer and dont have link.
:zm10: Kim

[concerto]

I have been e-mailing with our local tv news channel 5. they will have live streaming video of this trial! Also of all bigger cases in Mass. :zm10:
I will post link when i get home.. on wk computer and dont have link.
:zm10: Kim


Thank you!

[StoneFox]

I have been e-mailing with our local tv news channel 5. they will have live streaming video of this trial! Also of all bigger cases in Mass. :zm10:
I will post link when i get home.. on wk computer and dont have link.
:zm10: Kim

Way to GOOOOOOOO Kim!!!!
:hifive:

[dojewo]

I have been e-mailing with our local tv news channel 5. they will have live streaming video of this trial! Also of all bigger cases in Mass. :zm10:
I will post link when i get home.. on wk computer and dont have link.
:zm10: Kim
This is great news, I can't wait for this one to get started.

[Lynn Gweeny]

Entwistle trial still set for June 2
MetroWestDaily
By Norman Miller
GateHouse News Service
Posted Mar 14, 2008

CAMBRIDGE — A trial is on track to start on June for a former Hopkinton man charged with killing his wife and baby daughter two years ago.

http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/state/x513688965

[Lynn Gweeny]

Entwistle case judge seeks to nix circus
BostonHerald.com
By Jessica Fargen
Saturday, March 15, 2008

The judge in the double-murder trial of British dad Neil Entwistle said yesterday she’s determined to pick a jury in one day to avoid exposing any jurors to a media storm in this international sex-and-murder case.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1080405

May 9th - filing of the prosecution witness list
May 16th - filing of the defense witness list
May 30th - next hearing date

[johnielee333]

i will be watching this trial too ! HE'S GUILTY !

[concerto]

Yep, this is going to be an interesting trial. What a scuzzball...

[Lynn Gweeny]

Entwistle's gambling records from Gibraltar requested
By Norman Miller/Daily News staff
The MetroWest Daily News
Posted Apr 04, 2008

Prosecutors are seeking financial records from a European gambling Web site where murder suspect Neil Entwistle had an account and lost hundreds of dollars in the month before he is accused of killing his wife and infant daughter in Hopkinton two years ago.

Prosecutor Michael Fabbri sent a seven-page letter of rogatory to the British territory of Gibraltar seeking all financial records for a Web site called Casino on Net used by Entwistle, 28. The prosecution is seeking the records to help prove that Entwistle's financial problems were his motive for shooting his wife, Rachel, 27, and daughter Lillian Rose, 9 months old, on Jan. 20, 2006, in their Hopkinton home.

A letter of rogatory is a legal document sent from one country to another requesting testimony, documents or evidence in a court case. The Middlesex DA's office sent the letter in late March.

Casino on Net is run by a company called Cassava Enterprise Ltd., which is based in Gibraltar, a territory bordering Spain.

In the letter, Fabbri said Entwistle opened the gambling account on Dec. 15, 2005, approximately one month before he is accused of murdering his family.

The prosecutor said Entwistle lost hundreds of dollars that month, which Fabbri said is key evidence in building the motive for the murders.

"The prosecutor needs records relating to this account to help establish that Entwistle had financial difficulties and that these difficulties affected his state of mind and provided him with a motive to commit murder," Fabbri wrote in the letter.

The letter also lays out, with no new details, the case the prosecution is making against Entwistle.

The financial records have not been sent to the DA's office yet, according to the court records.

Entwistle is accused of killing his wife and daughter to hide a secret life of debt, online business scams and sex. Authorities say he stole a gun from his in-laws' Carver home, then used it to shoot his wife and daughter in bed.

Prosecutors allege he then drove to Carver, returned the gun and flew to England, returning to his Nottinghamshire home, where he was later arrested and extradited to Massachusetts.

The bodies of Rachel Entwistle and Lillian Rose were not discovered until Jan. 22, when Hopkinton Police conducted a well-being check at the home.

Entwistle told authorities he discovered his wife and daughter's bodies, considered killing himself, but could not go through with it. He said he went home to England to be with his family.

Entwistle is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and illegal possession of a firearm. He is being held without bail at the Middlesex Jail in Cambridge. If convicted, he faces a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole.

Entwistle's trial is scheduled to begin June 2 in Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn.

http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/homepage/x2000615196

[TobyTiger]

Thanks for updating the forum, Harlett. Hopefully TruTV will show more of the trial than snippets in-between chat sessions of the anchors.

[Cat]

I hope there's a live feed, Toby.

[kindee]

I thought this one would NEVER come to trial. I am PSYCHED!

[annalyzer]

I hope there's a live feed, Toby.

I hope so too. I don't get the trutv channel.

[kindee]

I have been e-mailing with our local tv news channel 5. they will have live streaming video of this trial! Also of all bigger cases in Mass. :zm10:
I will post link when i get home.. on wk computer and dont have link.
:zm10: Kim




Oh this is EXCELLENT news. I'm really glad this is finally coming to trial.

[Cat]

I hope so too. I don't get the trutv channel.

Me either, ann. Cross our fingers.

[lovelaw]

I thought this one would NEVER come to trial. I am PSYCHED!

SAME HERE!~ WOO HOO!~:zm10:

[lovelaw]

I have been e-mailing with our local tv news channel 5. they will have live streaming video of this trial! Also of all bigger cases in Mass. :zm10:
I will post link when i get home.. on wk computer and dont have link.
:zm10: Kim



EXCELLENT!~:kissyface4:

[Cat]

EXCELLENT!~:kissyface4:

This is good news, LL, about the coverage.

[kindee]

SAME HERE!~ WOO HOO!~:zm10:



Good to see you lovey! Cannot WAIT for this trial. I'll really be surprised if it goes on schedule. This defendant IMO is going to pull out all the stops, so to speak.

[Tracian]

When is this case supposed to start? From what I have seen of the evidence it is pretty overwhelming.

[Pauli]

Next Monday Tracian, June 2nd..

[kindee]

I really thought this day might never come.

[SavannahStar]

I am anxiously awaiting this trial as well. I followed the case very intently when the murders occurred.

[sunstar]

I thought this one would NEVER come to trial. I am PSYCHED!

So am I!! It's about time!! :zm10:

[sunstar]

When is this case supposed to start? From what I have seen of the evidence it is pretty overwhelming.

It is very overwhelming, imo. I'll never forget the descriptions of how poor baby Lillian was found, shot, under the covers next to her mom. :cray:

[chambord]

It is very overwhelming, imo. I'll never forget the descriptions of how poor baby Lillian was found, shot, under the covers next to her mom. :cray:

Hi Sunstar

I'm hoping to get into the courtroom at least for one day. I lived not too far from where this occurred. In fact spent 10 years in that town.

[dojewo]

I thought this one would NEVER come to trial. I am PSYCHED!
I do believe this trial will hold my interest, I really hope we have several feeds to choose from.

[dojewo]

Next Monday Tracian, June 2nd..Oh good, that's my day off.

[kindee]

Hi Sunstar

I'm hoping to get into the courtroom at least for one day. I lived not too far from where this occurred. In fact spent 10 years in that town.



Oh VERY cool cham!!!!! Oh please do it! :0012:

[chambord]

Oh VERY cool cham!!!!! Oh please do it! :0012:

Hi kindee. I sure hope I can make it. I've missed all you guys, real life has gotten in the way of my cyper life lately. I can't wait to visit the Middlesex County Court House again. I served on two juries there. Loved the experience.

[Tracian]

Next Monday Tracian, June 2nd..


Thanks Harlett.

[PatC]

Does anyone know of any trial coverage yet? Is CTV covering it? A live feed?


Darn! I'll be glad when Michal Bryant gets his site up and running.

[Pauli]

Yes, TruTv is going to cover it.. I believe there are also others that will have live feed.

[Tracian]

Glad to hear TruTv will cover this trial. I remember when this story broke, it was just heart wrenching.

[chambord]

Anyone know if its Woburn or Cambridge for the location of the trial. All pre trial hearings were held in Cambridge, Middlesex Superior Court. I didn't realize Woburn was also considered a Superior court. If so, did Neil's atty. win a change of venue? Normally this trial would be in Cambridge.

[chambord]

It appears from HOH 's link the house was sold and a new family has occuppied it. Gee, I just don't know if I could move into a home were such a violent act took place. (((shudder)))

[Pauli]

Anyone know if its Woburn or Cambridge for the location of the trial. All pre trial hearings were held in Cambridge, Middlesex Superior Court. I didn't realize Woburn was also considered a Superior court. If so, did Neil's atty. win a change of venue? Normally this trial would be in Cambridge.


It looks like it's going to be Woburn

[chambord]

It looks like it's going to be Woburn

Thanks Harlett. That courtroom only holds 80 seats. It appears it will be a excercise in futility to attempt to get into see the trial. I wish they had kept it in Cambridge. Much larger courtrooms there.

[dojewo]

Hi kindee. I sure hope I can make it. I've missed all you guys, real life has gotten in the way of my cyper life lately. I can't wait to visit the Middlesex County Court House again. I served on two juries there. Loved the experience.
Hi Cham, that would be great if you could give us a good report from the court house. Also, it's good to see you.:basic45:

[dojewo]

It appears from HOH 's link the house was sold and a new family has occuppied it. Gee, I just don't know if I could move into a home were such a violent act took place. (((shudder)))That would be kind of freaky to live in a house where these things took place.

[chambord]

Hi Cham, that would be great if you could give us a good report from the court house. Also, it's good to see you.:basic45:

Hi to one of my favorite posters. Yes, I was looking to attend the trial at least once or twice. Perhaps after the jury is selected, I'll make an attempt.

[chambord]

That would be kind of freaky to live in a house where these things took place.

Really! I would have a difficult time trying to sleep in that master bedroom.

[dojewo]

Hi to one of my favorite posters. Yes, I was looking to attend the trial at least once or twice. Perhaps after the jury is selected, I'll make an attempt.Please do, it would be great to know the make up of the Jurors. I can't wait for this trial to get started, the LaBarre one has fizzled out for me.

[dojewo]

Really! I would have a difficult time trying to sleep in that master bedroom.
I wonder if there will be a field trip to the house? It would drive me crazy to have a Jury walking thru my house but I don't think I would buy a home that something like this happened in.

[chambord]

I wonder if there will be a field trip to the house? It would drive me crazy to have a Jury walking thru my house but I don't think I would buy a home that something like this happened in.

I did read in one of the articles, that one neighbor said they were gearing up for the media to land in the neighborhood. He mentioned how frightened the children were when the media was last there. It is a cul de sac, so I can only imagine the flurry of trucks and vans swarming. I think there is only six homes there.

[dojewo]

I did read in one of the articles, that one neighbor said they were gearing up for the media to land in the neighborhood. He mentioned how frightened the children were when the media was last there. It is a cul de sac, so I can only imagine the flurry of trucks and vans swarming. I think there is only six homes there.I feel sorry for the children, things like this can be so scary.

[kindee]

Hi kindee. I sure hope I can make it. I've missed all you guys, real life has gotten in the way of my cyper life lately. I can't wait to visit the Middlesex County Court House again. I served on two juries there. Loved the experience.




Oh extremely cool Cham. I really really really hope you get the chance to attend this one. It's gonna be a barnburner. :happy0207:

[kindee]

Thanks Harlett. That courtroom only holds 80 seats. It appears it will be a excercise in futility to attempt to get into see the trial. I wish they had kept it in Cambridge. Much larger courtrooms there.





I don't know---give it a couple of days and then see. Sometimes it surprises me when there are empty seats.

[cavimom]

I have been e-mailing with our local tv news channel 5. they will have live streaming video of this trial! Also of all bigger cases in Mass. :zm10:
I will post link when i get home.. on wk computer and dont have link.
:zm10: Kim

This is our local news channel. They will be streaming the trial. I will be there almost every day. I cant wait...:zm10:
Kim

[kindee]

This is our local news channel. They will be streaming the trial. I will be there almost every day. I cant wait...:zm10:
Kim




ohboyohboyohboyohboy! :basic44:

[wi_twin_mom]

ohboyohboyohboyohboy! :basic44:

Me too!!!:basic44:

I can't wait!:basic44: We've been going :francis: waiting for this!

[wi_twin_mom]

Court braces for media circus
Entwistle trial reminiscent of Woodward case
By Jessica Heslam | Wednesday, May 28, 2008 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Local Coverage

Photo by AP (file)
Court officials are bracing for a barrage of media from both sides of the pond at the double-murder trial of Neil Entwistle - an international throng not seen since the decade-old case of former British au pair Louise Woodward.

Officials have already spelled out the rules of the Entwistle trial to about two dozen members of the media, including some of the British press, at Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn.

That’s where Entwistle, a 29-year-old native of England, will be tried for the 2006 slayings of his wife, Rachel, 27, and their 9-month-old daughter, Lillian, in their Hopkinton home.

Jury selection begins Monday and officials fear too much publicity beforehand could taint the jury pool. Photos and footage of Entwistle will be limited during jury selection.

“I think the judge would prefer that the defendant not be shown entering the courthouse in shackles,” said court spokeswoman Joan Kenney. “Those kinds of photographs don’t help when you’re trying to seat a jury.”

Kenney said the trial is attracting international media attention and is similar to the Woodward case, “in terms of interest.”

The Woodward case drew intense media coverage on both continents. In 1997, a jury convicted Woodward of second-degree murder in the shaking death of 8-month-old Matthew Eappen of Newton. Middlesex Superior Court Judge Hiller B. Zobel later reduced the conviction to involuntary manslaughter and Woodward was set free after 279 days in jail.

The former Court TV, now called truTV, plans to cover every day of the Entwistle trial.

“The story has already received national and international attention,” said Marlene Dann, truTV’s “In Session” executive vice president. “A family murder is a shocking tragedy that touches the lives of many people.”

Other media outlets that have expressed interest include BBC, Sky TV, NBC’s “Dateline,” CNN and ABC’s “20/20.”

Article URL: http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1096912

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I'm working on Monday so I'm glad it probably won't really start until Tues.! But I'll check in, in the afternoon.
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[johnielee333]

cant wait for this trial to start. I say he's guilty ! i am not a juror so therefor i can say it. dont forget, i was & i am the fly on the wall ! LOL :)

[Queen Bee]

oh i can't wait for this show to get on the road!!!!

It's about time Neil got his!:madranting94dp:

Did you guys read the latest released info? When arrested, he had with him a full page ad of ummm "escort" services and also info leading them to believe that he was trying to hook back up with an old girlfriend there in london....

the scum!:madranting94dp:

[Queen Bee]

Can ya tell I wouldn't be a very good jury member?:love0084:

I'm usually not like this, but jeezzzzz......what could his defense POSSIBLY be?:madranting94dp:

Can't wait to post with everyone next week...........I've lurked for years here and at the "other place not to be named", so I'm very excited about finally posting on a major trial:basic44::basic44::basic44:

[chambord]

Thanks Harlett for those up to date links. Weinstein wanted this moved to Martha's Vineyard, (Edgarton), to get a more favorable jury pool.

A social group I would imagine he is well versed in. Moneyed Bostionians who can afford the plus million dollar summer homes, and most likely hobnob at the same country club.
moo

[chambord]

I have to give Neil this, he does have a great head of hair. Sorry for the light moment.

[TobyTiger]

Hi Sunstar

I'm hoping to get into the courtroom at least for one day. I lived not too far from where this occurred. In fact spent 10 years in that town.

That would be awesome if you attend...even for one day.
:zm10:

[TobyTiger]

Can ya tell I wouldn't be a very good jury member?:love0084:

I'm usually not like this, but jeezzzzz......what could his defense POSSIBLY be?:madranting94dp:

Can't wait to post with everyone next week...........I've lurked for years here and at the "other place not to be named", so I'm very excited about finally posting on a major trial:basic44::basic44::basic44:

Probably SODDI...and the incompetence of LE and the crime lab.

[wi_twin_mom]

Can ya tell I wouldn't be a very good jury member?:love0084:

I'm usually not like this, but jeezzzzz......what could his defense POSSIBLY be?:madranting94dp:

Can't wait to post with everyone next week...........I've lurked for years here and at the "other place not to be named", so I'm very excited about finally posting on a major trial:basic44::basic44::basic44:

Posting is fun QB, but very stressfull(at least to me!)! :6u8ky2o: You are reading the posts, watching the feed:girl_sad:, and trying to type! :0012: Sometimes it's just too much!:francis: My first trial was Mark Jensen's so it will be great to get back into it again!

[johnielee333]

I have been e-mailing with our local tv news channel 5. they will have live streaming video of this trial! Also of all bigger cases in Mass. :zm10:
I will post link when i get home.. on wk computer and dont have link.
:zm10: Kim

cool, thanks i'll be looking for it. i like watching trials on line better than tv because you get to see more of the trial.

[bambam]

WooooooooooHooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! are we HYPED up, or WHAT???????????????

[bambam]

This is our local news channel. They will be streaming the trial. I will be there almost every day. I cant wait...:zm10:
Kim

omg!! how cool, cavi!!! btw... haven't seen you in SOOOO loooong!!! this is just psyching me up soooooo much!!! :basic44: :basic44: :basic44: :basic44: :basic44: :basic44: :basic44: :basic44:

[sunstar]

Hi Sunstar

I'm hoping to get into the courtroom at least for one day. I lived not too far from where this occurred. In fact spent 10 years in that town.

Oh cham, that's wonderful!! Have you been up there since the murders to check things out, like go by the house or anything?

[sunstar]

cool, thanks i'll be looking for it. i like watching trials on line better than tv because you get to see more of the trial.

I can't watch them on tv because I'm at work when they're on, so online makes it a lot easier to catch up or sneak a look on the computer! :) I really don't want to miss very much of this one at all.

[Cat]

http://sprocket-trials.blogspot.com/ Some of you may be familiar with Sprocket's blog from the Spector trial. Here's her post on Entwhistle.

[sunstar]

http://sprocket-trials.blogspot.com/ Some of you may be familiar with Sprocket's blog from the Spector trial. Here's her post on Entwhistle.

Thank you! I loved to read her on Spector's trial! :6u8ky2o:

[Cat]

Thank you! I loved to read her on Spector's trial! :6u8ky2o:

Me, too, and she is a terrific person.

[sunstar]

Me, too, and she is a terrific person.

It's too bad she lives so far from Entwistles trial. Is anyone here going every day? I loved it when "one of ours" was in the courtroom! :)

[kindee]

So......not delayed yet? I still can't believe this trial is finally going forward.:eyebrow1qb::g::hide:

[Cat]

I bet it will take more than one day to seat a jury.

[TigressPen]

I bet it will take more than one day to seat a jury.

I won't be surprised if it takes longer than a day.

[annalyzer]

I won't be surprised if it takes longer than a day.


So jury selection starts tomorrow and we do have a trial starting? :innocent0001:

[kindee]

I bet it will take more than one day to seat a jury.



ITA. The publicity from both sides of the pond are going to be massive in this thing.

I think it's optimistic to think they can seat a jury in a day---but who knows?

[sunstar]

I won't be surprised if it takes longer than a day.

Oh I don't expect it to be only a day either! There's been way too much publicity in this case for them to find 12 people + alternates who have no opinion on it. :)

[kindee]

Oh I don't expect it to be only a day either! There's been way too much publicity in this case for them to find 12 people + alternates who have no opinion on it. :)



And if he's got the kind of defense team I'm expecting, they will be fighting each and every point into the rug. I imagine there will be a vigorous voir dire---

[Cat]

I'm sure you're right, kindee.

[sunstar]

I didn't see this posted here but if it is I'm sorry ~ it's so cool there's a place to go for VIDEO recaps! :)

http://www.entwistlemurdertrial.com/content/video-recap

[kindee]

I didn't see this posted here but if it is I'm sorry ~ it's so cool there's a place to go for VIDEO recaps! :)

http://www.entwistlemurdertrial.com/content/video-recap



Excellent. I am so ready for this trial...:basic44:

[sunstar]

Excellent. I am so ready for this trial...:basic44:

I bookmarked that site. I can't watch the trial while I'm at work so it'll be nice to see it at least in parts in the evening. :)

[kindee]

I bookmarked that site. I can't watch the trial while I'm at work so it'll be nice to see it at least in parts in the evening. :)



I see you are from NC. Did you follow the Mike/Kathleen Peterson saga at all? We visit Durham every year; love it love it love it. :0012:

[sunstar]

I see you are from NC. Did you follow the Mike/Kathleen Peterson saga at all? We visit Durham every year; love it love it love it. :0012:

Yes I know about the case but I never posted anywhere on it. :) I started at ctv on Anna Nicole then some other cases after that, like Phil Spector & Bobby Cutts trials. Some other cases I'm following haven't had a trial yet. Of course, I'm still waiting for an arrest in Michelle Young's murder!

[kindee]

Yes I know about the case but I never posted anywhere on it. :) I started at ctv on Anna Nicole then some other cases after that, like Phil Spector & Bobby Cutts trials. Some other cases I'm following haven't had a trial yet. Of course, I'm still waiting for an arrest in Michelle Young's murder!



No kidding. That's a travesty.

Well nice to meet you!! :0012:

[sunstar]

No kidding. That's a travesty.

Well nice to meet you!! :0012:

Yes I know. I guess there just isn't enough evidence to get the DH on that one. :girl_sad: It's nice to meet you too! I'm looking forward to seeing justice for Rachel and baby Lillian.