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On the stand:
- Timothy Nuttall, Canton Fireplace Division
Beforehand:
- Officer Stephen Mullaney, Canton Police Division
- Officer Steven Saraf, Canton Police Division
Observe right here for normal updates on Tuesday’s courtroom proceedings.
11:30 a.m. replace: Canton officer testifies that he noticed no damaged plastic on the scene early on Jan. 29, 2022
Canton Police Officer Stephen Mullaney, one of many officers who responded to Fairview Highway on Jan. 29, 2022, testified {that a} distraught Karen Learn was taken to a hospital below a Section 12 order after she allegedly made suicidal statements following the invention of John O’Keefe’s physique.
Protection lawyer David Yannetti requested Mullaney whether or not he overheard Learn make sure statements on the scene.
“Through the time that you simply have been on scene and also you heard Karen Learn screaming and yelling on this distraught and hysterical method, you by no means as soon as heard her say, ‘I did it,’ appropriate?” Yannetti requested.
“I didn’t,” Mullaney responded.
“You by no means as soon as heard her say, ‘It’s my fault,’ appropriate?”
“I didn’t.”
“You by no means as soon as heard her say, ‘I hit him. I hit him. I hit him,’ appropriate?”
“I didn’t.”
Mullaney, who stated he spent a few of the morning standing about 10 to 12 ft from the place O’Keefe’s physique was discovered, additionally testified that he didn’t see items of damaged plastic on the scene.
11 a.m. replace: Protection cross-examines Canton police officer on Learn’s alleged statements
Protection lawyer Alan Jackson put his cross-examination expertise on show Tuesday morning, questioning Canton Police Officer Steven Saraf about discrepancies in his prior studies and testimony concerning the morning John O’Keefe died.
Jackson first identified that the Canton Police Division’s dispatch log from Jan. 29, 2022, incorrectly exhibits three Canton law enforcement officials arriving at 34 Fairview Highway inside seconds of one another, and within the mistaken order.
“That’s utterly false, isn’t it?” Jackson requested Saraf.
“Sure,” the officer responded.
Jackson additionally famous that the dispatch log lists an incorrect handle on Fairview Highway, and that Saraf equally gave a mistaken handle whereas testifying earlier than a state grand jury in 2022.
Saraf chalked the errors as much as errors.
He beforehand instructed jurors he noticed Learn performing CPR on O’Keefe when he arrived on the scene, testifying Tuesday that he didn’t recall whether or not he noticed witness Jennifer McCabe help in any lifesaving measures. McCabe, sister-in-law of home-owner Brian Albert, accompanied Learn on her seek for O’Keefe that morning.
Jackson requested Saraf which lady, Learn of McCabe, seemed to be extra centered on bodily attempting to save lots of O’Keefe’s life.
“In that second, it was Karen Learn,” Saraf stated.
Jackson then turned his consideration to Saraf’s Monday testimony of what he heard Learn say on the scene. In keeping with Saraf, Learn stated, “That is all my fault. That is my fault. I did this” — statements reportedly lacking from Saraf’s preliminary incident report and an interview he gave to Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor quickly after O’Keefe died.
“You assume that was a reasonably vital omission in your half?” Jackson requested.
“It was an oversight,” Saraf replied.
“An oversight? {That a} lady who you made contact with, standing over the physique of a fallen police officer, stated to you, ‘That is my fault.’ You simply missed that one?” Jackson pressed.
“Sure, I missed it,” Saraf acknowledged. “I didn’t write it down.”
Saraf later confirmed that he didn’t see items of damaged tail mild whereas he was on the scene that morning.
Testimony in the Karen Read homicide trial kicked off this week, with extra witnesses anticipated to take the stand Tuesday.
Opposite to Monday’s packed day in courtroom, which noticed attorneys on each side ship their opening statements, Tuesday’s session will probably be a half-day and run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The prosecution and protection beforehand laid the inspiration for his or her respective instances, with the Norfolk County District Legal professional’s Workplace outlining a posh timeline of witnesses and proof whereas attorneys for Learn summarized their concept of the case in an impactful opening line: “Karen Read was framed.”
Learn, 44, is accused of backing her SUV into her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, and leaving him to die outdoors a fellow Boston officer’s dwelling in Canton in January 2022. Legal professionals for the Mansfield lady have alleged a widespread cover-up amongst witnesses and regulation enforcement, suggesting O’Keefe was really overwhelmed inside the house and probably attacked by the household’s pet canine.
Jurors on Monday heard testimony from O’Keefe’s brother and sister-in-law, Paul and Erin O’Keefe. The couple spoke partially about John O’Keefe’s character, his relationship with Learn, and his unplanned leap into parenthood after he took custody of a younger niece and nephew who misplaced each of their dad and mom in fast succession.
Canton Police Officer Steven Saraf, the primary officer on the scene after O’Keefe was discovered unresponsive, additionally testified about seeing a “hysterical” Learn give O’Keefe CPR on the morning of Jan. 29, 2022. Learn repeatedly requested if O’Keefe was lifeless and stated, “That is all my fault. That is my fault. I did this,” Saraf alleged.
Choose Beverly Cannone ended Monday’s courtroom session forward of the protection crew’s cross-examination of Saraf.
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