Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Preacher's Wife Cleared Of Murder
KENTUCKY...
A jury in central Kentucky has cleared a preacher's wife of a murder charge in the 2005 shooting death of her brother-in-law.The Advocate-Messenger in Danville reports that Gina Lee of Liberty was convicted of burglary for entering the trailer where George Green died of a gunshot wound. The jury recommended Lee, the wife of a Methodist preacher, serve seven years in prison on the burglary conviction. Lee testified at trial that she and her father, Ronnie Evans, confronted Green at the trailer and Evans and Green scuffled and wrestled over Green's gun. Lee says she tried to knock the gun away and it fired, but she says she did not know it had hit Green. Evans faces an upcoming trial on a manslaughter charge. Lee is scheduled to be sentenced on May 10.
A jury in central Kentucky has cleared a preacher's wife of a murder charge in the 2005 shooting death of her brother-in-law.The Advocate-Messenger in Danville reports that Gina Lee of Liberty was convicted of burglary for entering the trailer where George Green died of a gunshot wound. The jury recommended Lee, the wife of a Methodist preacher, serve seven years in prison on the burglary conviction. Lee testified at trial that she and her father, Ronnie Evans, confronted Green at the trailer and Evans and Green scuffled and wrestled over Green's gun. Lee says she tried to knock the gun away and it fired, but she says she did not know it had hit Green. Evans faces an upcoming trial on a manslaughter charge. Lee is scheduled to be sentenced on May 10.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 12:24 PM 
