Canada - Erin Howlett, 28, murdered, Elmira, Ont, 27 June 2013 *Arrest*

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Gordon Paul ‏@GPaulRecord 2h2 hours ago
Jury in Michael Ball first-degree murder trial back in the courthouse deliberating. Jurors deliberated on Wednesday until 8 p.m.

Gordon Paul ‏@GPaulRecord 45m45 minutes ago
Jury in Michael Ball murder trial has informed the court it has a question to ask the judge.

Gordon Paul ‏@GPaulRecord 11m11 minutes ago
Michael Ball jury asks judge for access to audio of Christopher Smith testimony and Ball's interview with police.

Gordon Paul ‏@GPaulRecord 7m7 minutes ago
Judge tells Ball jury Smith testimony is an exhibit but Ball's interview with police was not made an exhibit. Jury has resumed deliberations
 
Gordon Paul ‏@GPaulRecord 14m14 minutes ago
Ball jury done deliberating for the day. Back at it Friday morning.
 
What Erin was like:

http://www.therecord.com/news-story...et-lovable-little-girl-/#.VtkCYrsyCOI.twitter

As children, Dane and Erin would spend one weekend a year at an uncle's trailer near Huntsville.

"She absolutely loved it up there … I had to always bring a friend to chum around with, but Erin had friends that she made up there, which was incredible. You're only there for one long weekend every year and …"

His mother finished the sentence: "She had a ton of friends."

Erin attended Elmira District Secondary School and worked at the Sip & Bite restaurant in Elmira for seven or eight years.

"She loved the interaction with the people," Dane said. "Erin was there for the social part of it — it just happened to be her job to also bring food."

Dane, a volunteer firefighter with the Township of Wellesley and a fleet maintenance manager with a grain company, said many Sip & Bite customers were devastated by Erin's death.
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Gordon Paul ‏@GPaulRecord 5h5 hours ago
Jury in Michael Ball murder trial continues deliberations. No verdict yet.

Gordon Paul ‏@GPaulRecord 37m37 minutes ago
Jury in Michael Ball murder trial apparently has a question for the judge. About 20 people are in the courtroom awaiting the jury.
 
http://www.570news.com/2016/03/04/m...t-degree-murder-charge-at-michael-ball-trial/

What happens next is up to the Crown attorney’s office if they decide to reprosecute Ball.

He’ll be sentenced Friday March 11, on the charge of committing an indignity to a dead body.
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I'm still shaking my head at this dumb jury. If they don't think Ball killed Erin, then why find him guilty of committing an indignity? Since they believe he committed an indignity, then why wouldn't they follow the logic that he killed her? This makes no sense to me.

I hope they prosecute him again, and I hope a smarter jury is chosen.
 
http://www.570news.com/2016/03/11/ball-sentenced-to-one-day-in-addition-to-time-served/

Michael Ball will spend one day in prison after being convicted of indignity to a body in relation to the death of Erin Howlett.

Including time served, the 24-year-old will only spend 24 hours behind bars.

Ball’s lawyer had asked for 18 months, while the Crown was asking for a three-five year sentence. He has already served nearly two years.
 
http://www.newhamburgindependent.ca/news-story/7023742-ball-still-wants-public-to-fund-murder-case/

Michael Ball will try a third time to compel taxpayers to defend him on a murder charge, after two failed requests for public funding...

He's facing a second trial after the jury in his first murder trial didn't reach a murder verdict last March, resulting in a mistrial. The jury convicted him of committing an indignity to her dead body...

Court has banned the publication of evidence heard in Ball's plea for public funding. It lasts until the jury begins deliberations in the second murder trial. No date has been set for that trial.
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Ball’s second murder trial set to start next spring

https://www.therecord.com/news-story/7476063-ball-s-second-murder-trial-set-to-start-next-spring/

In a Kitchener courtroom on Friday, April 3 was set as the start date and the Crown prosecutor and Ball's defence lawyer suggested the trial could last 12 weeks.

The Crown prosecutor's office said an application for a change of venue has been filed by the defence. It will be heard in October. It could mean the trial will not be held in Kitchener.
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