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SJC rejects bid for new trial by David Chalue, convicted in 2011 Berkshire County ‘Hells Angels’ triple murder
Updated Feb 23, 2021;
Posted Feb 23, 2021
The state Supreme Judicial Court has rejected a petition for a new trial by David Chalue, convicted of three counts of 1st-degree murder in the 2011 homicide of three Pittsfield men (Michael S. Gordon/The Republican file photo)
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BOSTON The state’s highest court on Tuesday rejected a bid for a new trial by David Chalue, one of the three defendants convicted for a 2011 Berkshire County triple murder where three Pittsfield men were abducted, killed and dismembered, and then buried in the woods in Becket.