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Nancy Kissel, an American expatriate and Catholic convert, sentenced to life in prison for the “milkshake murder” of her investment banker husband, has made a final appeal against her conviction in a Hong Kong courtroom.
A decision is expected in a few weeks. In the event that her conviction is overturned, the prosecution said it would seek a retrial, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Ms. Kissel, a Michigan native, gained international notoriety after admitting to killing her husband, a senior banker with Merrill Lynch, in 2003. She has been in jail since her conviction in September 2005 after a widely publicized three-month trial that dominated conversation in Hong Kong’s expatriate circles.
Prosecutors say Ms. Kissel served her husband, Robert Kissel, a drug-laced strawberry milkshake on the night of November 2, 2003 before bludgeoning him to death with a statuette and rolling him up in a carpet. Ms. Kissel, now 45 years old, says she can’t remember what happened-only that she may have killed her husband to protect herself after he came at her with a baseball bat during a domestic dispute.
An earlier appeal by Ms. Kissel was rejected in October 2008. The current appeal is her last legal recourse.
Ms Kissel was brought to the court in a wheelchair because of an apparent problem with her leg. At one point she greeted her family members - some who had flown in from the U.S. - with winks and smiles. Some of her friends also attended, as well as the Catholic priest who played a role in her jailhouse conversion, the Wall Street Journal says.
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Hong Kong Expat Makes Final Appeal in ‘Milkshake Murder’ Case (Wall Street Journal)
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