Twenty-four year old Ashleigh Pechaluk accused of first-degree murder in the bludgeoning death of her lover’s boyfriend, was found not guilty Thursday in Toronto, Ontario by a jury who took three days to deliberate the fate of Pechaluk who has been held in custody for two and half years since being arrested for killing Dennis Hoy with an axe on October 27, 2006. Hoy was the longtime boyfriend of Ashleigh’s former lover, Nicola Puddicombe, who will now stand trial for first-degree murder beginning Monday.
Another Toronto area HIV positive man has been charged with attempted murder, police there arresting forty-six old Carlton Davis, whom officials claim tested positive in March of this year and continued having unprotected sex with multiple partners – both female and male – to whom he did not disclose his status.
Hal Turner, a refugee from reality and host of an internet radio show and publisher of companion blog, was arrested Wednesday at his New Jersey home on a warrant issued by the state of Connecticut after issuing death threats to two Connecticut politicians – Representative Michael Lawlor and Senator Andrew McDonald - as well as State Ethics officer Thomas Jones. Lawlor and McDonald are openly gay and had sponsored a church oversight bill in March of this year that would have effectively afforded parishioners particular control over the collection and spending of church funds. Mr. Turner, whose follower’s claim was only exercising his right to freedom of speech, will remain in jail until he appears in court next week. And as an aside – free speech is not that which incites hatred or violence.
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