04-09-2012, 09:48 AM
Have been away so unable to update.
Thursday the crown showed pictures from Flattery's home (he lived with momma) and his car (OMG wait until you see his car, what a shitbox)
Here are links to the evidence released:
http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/raffe...99891.html
His car:
http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/raffe...99961.html
LondonFreePress: Michael Rafferty lived in a tidy, ordinary house, but drove an odd-looking car.
Terri-Lynne McClintic told a story of how her ordinary-on-the-surface boyfriend kidnapped Victoria Stafford, raped her in that car, then tried to make everything look ordinary again.
Police trying to prove McClintic’s version of events found several items of interest in his ordinary-looking house and unusual-looking car, a jury heard.
Also drawing their attention were several items missing from that car.
Rafferty, 31, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, kidnapping and sexual assault causing bodily harm in the April 8, 2009, disappearance of Victoria, called Tori by family.
McClintic, 21, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in April 2010 and is serving a life sentence for murder.
Tori was eight when she disappeared while walking home from school in Woodstock. Her body was found July 19, 2009, near Mount Forest, badly beaten and left in garbage bags under a pile of rocks.
McClintic confessed to her role in the crime May 19, 2009, implicated Rafferty and caused his arrest the same day. She has testified against Rafferty, although in doing so she placed her violent life under a microscope.
Rafferty’s everyday life remained hidden until Thursday, when jurors got a look inside his mother’s Woodstock house, where he lived, through 70 photographs taken by police.
Surrounded by a large yard, the house sits at the edge of a pleasant cul-de-sac in Woodstock.
Inside, Rafferty’s mother made it the kind of home where the runner on a sidetable in the kitchen perfectly matches the cloth on the main dining table.
In that sidetable, however, police found a copy of the missing poster for Victoria Stafford. They also found a piece of paper listing several pieces of furniture under the title “Things 4 Carol.” Carol is the name of McClintic’s mother.
In the front hall foyer was found a camera card with three photos of McClintic on it. In a police interview, Rafferty denied knowing much about McClintic.
In the front hall closet, police found a black pea coat. McClintic says Rafferty made her hide Tori under a black pea coat in the backseat as they drove out of Woodstock.
In a drawer under the gleaming kitchen counter, police found a Walmart receipt for the same hair dye found in McClintic’s bedroom. McClintic testified Rafferty wanted her to change her hair colour after Tori’s death.
In Rafferty’s bedroom, police found some Nestle Pure Lite water bottles. McClintic testified Rafferty washed himself off with water from bottles in his car.
On a toolbox on the stairs, police found a bladeless blue knife. McClintic testified Rafferty raped Tori in the backseat of his car. On the drive home he told her to use his blue knife to cut out a bit of the seat they couldn’t properly clean, she said.
The entire seat was missing from the car by the time police photographed it, the jury saw in a second slideshow of photographs that detailed the search of the Honda. Also missing was the window crank from the rear passenger side. The car boasted a patchwork black paint job over the original blue exterior, and what appeared to be the remnants of a white paint job inside the car.
“The paint job was unusual,” testified OPP Const. Gary Scoyne, the lead identification officer on the case, who has become noted at the trial for offering both detail and understatement.
Inside the car, police found parts of sanding disks with white on them. They also found a Much Dance CD. McClintic testified they played that CD while driving Tori to her death.
Police also found a GoodLife Fitness bag. According to McClintic, Rafferty brought a change of clothing in that bag. She testified Rafferty brought her a pair of white shorts with green stripes or green with white stripes. In the bag inside the car, police found a pair of white shorts with green stripes.
Police also found a piece of paper with Bell Canada’s return policy printed on one side and a phone number on the other. In its opening argument, the Crown suggested Rafferty tried to get rid of his phone after police first interviewed him four days before his arrest.
Inside the glove box of the car was $935 and inside a driver’s side compartment, several condoms.
Before leaving for the day, jurors were given a court admission, an agreed statement of facts that must be considered the truth.
The admission involved what Rafferty said to two undercover police officers placed in police cells with him and taken with him to the Oxford County courthouse May 20, 2009.
Rafferty asked one of the officers for drugs and said he uses “Oxys,” five 80-mg pills or 11 to 12 40-mg pills a day. If he can’t get Oxycontin, he takes 20 to 25 Perocets a day.
Rafferty said several times he wanted some Oxy and added, “It’s going to be a hard few days.”
He’s been in custody since.
Thursday the crown showed pictures from Flattery's home (he lived with momma) and his car (OMG wait until you see his car, what a shitbox)
Here are links to the evidence released:
http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/raffe...99891.html
His car:
http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/raffe...99961.html
LondonFreePress: Michael Rafferty lived in a tidy, ordinary house, but drove an odd-looking car.
Terri-Lynne McClintic told a story of how her ordinary-on-the-surface boyfriend kidnapped Victoria Stafford, raped her in that car, then tried to make everything look ordinary again.
Police trying to prove McClintic’s version of events found several items of interest in his ordinary-looking house and unusual-looking car, a jury heard.
Also drawing their attention were several items missing from that car.
Rafferty, 31, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, kidnapping and sexual assault causing bodily harm in the April 8, 2009, disappearance of Victoria, called Tori by family.
McClintic, 21, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in April 2010 and is serving a life sentence for murder.
Tori was eight when she disappeared while walking home from school in Woodstock. Her body was found July 19, 2009, near Mount Forest, badly beaten and left in garbage bags under a pile of rocks.
McClintic confessed to her role in the crime May 19, 2009, implicated Rafferty and caused his arrest the same day. She has testified against Rafferty, although in doing so she placed her violent life under a microscope.
Rafferty’s everyday life remained hidden until Thursday, when jurors got a look inside his mother’s Woodstock house, where he lived, through 70 photographs taken by police.
Surrounded by a large yard, the house sits at the edge of a pleasant cul-de-sac in Woodstock.
Inside, Rafferty’s mother made it the kind of home where the runner on a sidetable in the kitchen perfectly matches the cloth on the main dining table.
In that sidetable, however, police found a copy of the missing poster for Victoria Stafford. They also found a piece of paper listing several pieces of furniture under the title “Things 4 Carol.” Carol is the name of McClintic’s mother.
In the front hall foyer was found a camera card with three photos of McClintic on it. In a police interview, Rafferty denied knowing much about McClintic.
In the front hall closet, police found a black pea coat. McClintic says Rafferty made her hide Tori under a black pea coat in the backseat as they drove out of Woodstock.
In a drawer under the gleaming kitchen counter, police found a Walmart receipt for the same hair dye found in McClintic’s bedroom. McClintic testified Rafferty wanted her to change her hair colour after Tori’s death.
In Rafferty’s bedroom, police found some Nestle Pure Lite water bottles. McClintic testified Rafferty washed himself off with water from bottles in his car.
On a toolbox on the stairs, police found a bladeless blue knife. McClintic testified Rafferty raped Tori in the backseat of his car. On the drive home he told her to use his blue knife to cut out a bit of the seat they couldn’t properly clean, she said.
The entire seat was missing from the car by the time police photographed it, the jury saw in a second slideshow of photographs that detailed the search of the Honda. Also missing was the window crank from the rear passenger side. The car boasted a patchwork black paint job over the original blue exterior, and what appeared to be the remnants of a white paint job inside the car.
“The paint job was unusual,” testified OPP Const. Gary Scoyne, the lead identification officer on the case, who has become noted at the trial for offering both detail and understatement.
Inside the car, police found parts of sanding disks with white on them. They also found a Much Dance CD. McClintic testified they played that CD while driving Tori to her death.
Police also found a GoodLife Fitness bag. According to McClintic, Rafferty brought a change of clothing in that bag. She testified Rafferty brought her a pair of white shorts with green stripes or green with white stripes. In the bag inside the car, police found a pair of white shorts with green stripes.
Police also found a piece of paper with Bell Canada’s return policy printed on one side and a phone number on the other. In its opening argument, the Crown suggested Rafferty tried to get rid of his phone after police first interviewed him four days before his arrest.
Inside the glove box of the car was $935 and inside a driver’s side compartment, several condoms.
Before leaving for the day, jurors were given a court admission, an agreed statement of facts that must be considered the truth.
The admission involved what Rafferty said to two undercover police officers placed in police cells with him and taken with him to the Oxford County courthouse May 20, 2009.
Rafferty asked one of the officers for drugs and said he uses “Oxys,” five 80-mg pills or 11 to 12 40-mg pills a day. If he can’t get Oxycontin, he takes 20 to 25 Perocets a day.
Rafferty said several times he wanted some Oxy and added, “It’s going to be a hard few days.”
He’s been in custody since.
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