BREAKING NEWS: "Dalley spent 33 months in jail after being
arrested for Noah's second-degree murder. The boy died of blunt force
trauma to the head on July 13, 2012 while Dalley was babysitting. The six men and six women of the jury
deliberated for less than two days and had three options: find Dalley
guilty of second-degree murder; find him not guilty of second-degree
murder, but guilty of manslaughter; find him not guilty of anything. Just before 4 p.m. — in a courtroom packed
with friends and family of both Noah and Dalley, as well as homicide
investigators and Crown attorneys — the jury delivered its verdict: not
guilty of anything........."I was innocent from day one," Dalley said
outside the back door of the courthouse less than 30 minutes later.
"Unfortunately I had to go through all this to prove my innocence.
Unfortunately there's going to be people who are not going to like that.
I do know that. But that's their opinion."......... Forensic pathologist Dr. John Fernandes
testified Noah's injuries were not self-inflicted nor accidental.
Fernandes believes Noah was slapped across the face with such force it
caused brain damage and sent him flying headfirst into a wall or the
floor. Marks on the boy's face indicate he was slapped more than once. Over the three week trial, Crown attorney
Cheryl Gzik carefully built a case that Dalley lashed out at the boy.
Noah was tired and missed his mom. He was crying. Dalley's text messages
show he was angry Agnew was overdue to come home and he was waiting to
go out to Hess Village. Dalley's lawyer Gregory Leslie of Toronto,
assisted by Raymond Wong, gave the jury other possibilities to consider. Perhaps Noah had a pre-existing head injury
that was exacerbated. His father testified Noah sometimes banged his
head against walls.
More forcefully though, Leslie suggested an
alternate suspect — Grey, the downstairs neighbour who had a few moments
alone with Noah that night. Leslie successfully used the same defence in
another high profile Hamilton child murder. In the exact same
courtroom. In April 2012, Terry Legacy walked out of
court a free man after a jury found him not guilty of second-degree
murder in the death of his six-week-old son, Cohen." (Reporter Susan Clairmont; Hamilton Spectator);
http://www.therecord.com/news-story/5513913-greg-dalley-not-guilty-in-noah-keizer-murder-case/PUBLISHER'S NOTE:
Dear Readers. Due to a 'writing' assignment, I will not be filing fresh posts for several weeks. (With the exception of breaking news;) When I am back in action I will make up for lost time with a vengeance. In the meantime, please keep me up to date with developments and don't hesitate to bring new matters of interest to this Blog to my attention at hlevy15@gmail.com.
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Harold Levy; Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog.
PS: For latest coverage of the Mark Lundy retrial go to: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/mark-lundy-murder-retrial
