London Ontario - Tori Stafford murder trial begins jury selection

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Area around the court house looked like a mad house. Hopefully the publication bad will be lifted, as thats on everyones minds i think as we go forward with this trial.

Jury selection begins Monday in the trial for the man accused of killing eight-year-old Victoria Stafford, who disappeared near her school in Woodstock, Ont., in April 2009.

Michael Rafferty is facing first-degree murder, sexual assault causing bodily harm and abduction charges.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/02/26/stafford-murder-trial.html
 
MODS can we move this thread to the Trials forum?
 
bumping up.... everyone remembers all the rules right????
 
Good morning everybody! We are opening a thread in the Trials forum until we can move Tori's forum here.

Please remember all the rules. And because this case is still under a modified publication ban, we can only discuss what is in the MSM, so be prepared to LINK your information.

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so, is anyone tweeting from jury selection or is there a complete ban?
 
rown and defence lawyers will begin picking a jury Wednesday from a pool of 116 people who remain following the first stage of jury selection in the trial of a man accused of killing an eight-year-old girl.
http://www.thespec.com/news/ontario...ction-continues-in-tori-stafford-murder-trial


IMPORTANT INFO ON TRIAL COVERAGE:

During the trial the jury is set to visit the site where Tori’s body was found.

The 116 people will be asked several questions Wednesday and Thursday as the lawyers seek to pick 12 jurors and two alternates.

Rafferty’s trial was moved from Woodstock to London in light of publicity surrounding the girl’s death.

The trial is also expected to draw extensive media coverage, so Heeney has set some ground rules. Reporters can use devices such as laptops or smartphones but won’t be allowed to transmit from the courtroom.

However, a satellite courtroom will be set up for the trial, from which reporters will be allowed to electronically transmit information.

Members of the public won’t be permitted to use personal electronic devices in either courtroom.

 
Tori Stafford trial: Michael Rafferty pleads not guilty

LONDON, Ont. — A man accused in the kidnapping and murder of a young Ontario girl nearly three years ago was officially arraigned Wednesday.


Michael Thomas Rafferty, 31, pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, kidnapping and sexual assault causing bodily harm in the disappearance of eight-year-old Victoria (Tori) Stafford.

http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Rafferty+pleads+guilty+Tori+Stafford+trial/6228111/story.html
 
Does anyone know if cameras will be allowed in the courtroom as long as the footage isn't shown to the public until the ban is lifted?
 
My heart is with Victoria's family. The hell they're going to have to go through again because Rafferty won't man up.
 
does anyone know what was done in the first trial in terms of coverage?
 
does anyone know what was done in the first trial in terms of coverage?

I don't believe there was a trial for Terri-Lynne McClintic. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison.
 
does anyone know what was done in the first trial in terms of coverage?

There was no trial for her. She plead guilty and was charged on April 30th 2010. There was a complete publication ban at that time. In December that year, the ban was partially lifted and her guilty plea and sentencing was revealed, along with some of the details of the case.

Here is the EDITED VERSION OF AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS from the Terri-Lynne McClintic court appearance: http://www.cbc.ca/news/pdf/agreed-statement-fact-mcclintic-stafford.pdf

Here is a timeline from the case, updated yesterday: http://www.globaltoronto.com/jury+s...ctoria+stafford+in+2009/6442589956/story.html
 
In this article, there is some new information:

The 21-year-old, who admitted to being high on Oxycontin, told the court she took the girl to the rural area, but not before making two stops: one at a Home Depot for a hammer and garbage bags and the other, at a Tim Hortons for tea.

We didn't know about the stop at the Tim Hortons. There is a TH right beside the Home Depot at the Petro Canada gas station.

http://www.canada.com/life/Jury+selection+begins+Tori+Stafford+murder+trial/6214807/story.html
 
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