there is no winners. and almost five years after catherine s murder, so many secrets, lies, and betrayals have been revealed. so many questions raised. will the jury believe paul s ex lover and his ex partner? was paula ruthless killer, or had he been set up? it took the jury two full days of deliberations. on the third day, they made a decision. the verdict was in. in the state of new york versus paul guilty. guilty, convicted of first degree murder. paul showed only a slight head shake when he was convicted of all charges against him including insurance fraud, arson, and murder. call was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, but michel, who knew about the
becky had confided her feelings for him months earlier, when becky and keith appeared to be happier than ever. i said, becky, you and keith seem to be really committed to making this work. and she said to me, oh, i m a great faker. once i ve made my mind up about something, i m a great faker. and my heart just kind of sank. the prosecution argued this was becky s motive for murder. she was fixated on her ex-lover and elaborately scheming to get him back. she proceeded to tell me that she was going to tell the ex-lover she was pregnant. so she s saying she s pregnant with his baby. yes. i said, becky, you re 50-plus years old. and she said, 50-year-old people get pregnant all the time. and i said, who? where? how does this happen? i ve never heard of that. her reasoning had just kind of gone out the window at that point. how far had she gone with the baby story? she wanted somebody that could provide her with positive pregnancy tests.
different businesses right there at that intersection. and one additional detail to contradict the prosecution s case, becky s brother david testified that there was an innocent explanation for that inheritance she mentioned to her ex-lover. she wasn t talking about life insurance. becky was about to inherit a diamond ring. it was my aunt s ring. was it an expensive ring? very expensive. two full carats of diamond. the appraisal on it was at one time $19,000, and that was some years earlier. so obviously it had a little more value. more than enough reasonable doubt said the defense. but would a jury agree? the wait for a verdict began. i was so nervous waiting for it, my hands were shaking. i was holding out hope that the jury would recognize the mistakes that were made and
this happen? you re four years in, five years in, and really no closer to solving it. your first case and it day one. that will make you doubt yourself. and then one day a particular woman happened to see an anniversary story about the unsolved murder of the football player back in kentucky. a woman who d once sat in a bar in a fog of love. and who now was quite terrified. a break in the case from out of the blue. an ex-lover reveals all, including a motive for murder almost too absurd to believe. coming up this could be the reason that we never could find out why trent was killed because it was something this weird. when dateline continues.
The public protector has cleared finance deputy minister David Masondo of any wrongdoing after a complaint that he abused state resources to settle a personal score.