Re: Ohio woman pleads guilty in over-exercising death

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Ohio woman pleads guilty in over-exercising death

A woman has pleaded guilty to reckless homicide for exercising her
73-year-old husband to death in a swimming pool, repeatedly refusing to
let him leave the water.

CHARDON, Ohio --
A woman has pleaded guilty to reckless homicide for exercising her
73-year-old husband to death in a swimming pool, repeatedly refusing to
let him leave the water.
Surveillance video showed Christine Newton-John, 41, pulling James Mason
around the pool by his arms and legs, said Middlefield police Chief
Joseph Stehlik
The chief said he counted 43 times in which Newton-John prevented her
husband from leaving the water, and Mason rested his head on the side of
the pool several times while gasping for breath.
"The video is bone-chilling," Stehlik said. "The whole case is very
sinister."
Mason had a heart attack on June 2 after the extended swim session. An
officer who had investigated previous complaints that Mason was being
abused pursued the case because he suspected there was more to the
death, Stehlik said.
Newton-John pleaded guilty Thursday and faces up to five years in
prison. No sentencing date was set.
Police did not immediately respond to a call Saturday seeking comment on
a motive.
The video would have had a profound effect on a jury, Geauga County
Prosecutor David Joyce said. But that wouldn't have been enough for a
conviction if Newton-John had been charged with murder.
"You can see the man struggling for his life on the tape, but there is
no audio, so we couldn't hear what he was saying," he said.
Geauga County Chief Public Defender Robert Umholtz, who represented
Newton-John, declined to comment.
Mason was a longtime friend of his wife's family. He knew her as John
Vallandingham before she had gender reassignment surgery in 1993 and
changed her name in honor of the singer and star of the hit movie
version of the musical "Grease."
The couple were wed in 2006 in Kentucky, where people can change their
gender on their birth certificate.
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Information from: The Plain Dealer,http://www.cleveland.com/

Very strange

Chocolic

And to learn all those, erm, details, at the end of the article. Cripes.. All
too bizarre.

Yes.  Very,very odd.

I wonder if the perp will go to a men's jail or a woman's jail?  If
all things were equal (and obviously they are not), I would much
rather do hard time in a woman's prison than a man's prison.

Don't know if that preference would be enough to make me consider a
plumbing change if I was going to face life w/o parole, though.



Also - will the perp be able to inherit the victims money? I
certainly hate to think so.

I knew a guy who killed his father, got off on an insanity plea and
was able to inherit. Thing was, the guy really was insane and
eventually killed himself.

Mick

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