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years in a small prison cell on the caribbean island years in a small presence on the caribbean island of tortola. we went and i was out of my cell was one or two hours a day. every dad walker evelyn darken. now he would finally have his day in court. the charge, murdering his wife shelley tire on a scuba dive ten years before. he pleaded not guilty. and with the stakes so much higher this time, criminal, not about money but maybe decades in prison. swain came prepared. with caroline council. plus a top legal team from boston. it will be a lengthy trial. government expects to call witnesses for another 12 days. shelley tires parents also had their attorney. he had won the civil suit against swing back in rhode island it was now helping tortola prosecutors.
slowing them down, so that they don t go to the surface too fast. replacing the gear, as they ripped off their faces. a fresh angle for jurors to ponder about chilies puzzling death. could something, a sudden medical issue, or maybe, a startling see creature, have set off a chain of events that caused shelly to fatally panic? in court, the defense read the jury s exits from shelley s own, meticulous, dive logbook. a diary, in which she noted, every time she had lost a little to fear. i ve won 67. some initial panic. dive one 83, panic. dive to 66, i admit, i panicked. dive to 74, panicked a little, [interpreter] or more. but, what about the prosecution s claim, that if you believe david s description of his dive, he had to have been right there when shelley was drowning, eight minutes after she entered the water? now, the defense said, hang on. how do we know that shelley
but defense countered he was innocent. drowned in an order panic tack. now david was about to testify. and what he revealed would send a chill through the courtroom. here is dennis murphy with the conclusion of the last dive. we really need to remember that she was an incredible life force. had all of this positive energy. so every time it came around to the criminal trial, i thought please god let somebody find a way back to letting people know how wonderful she was. that special light of shelley tire. dearly missed by so many who knew her. was her husband david swain responsible for taking him from the world. or was he an innocent man whose private ways had made a tragic accident only look like murder? a jury would soon decide.
open. i am in shock again. i just sit there for 15, 20 seconds. the bail, not just me and says, it s just, you ve gotta get up and walk and now. why did he walk? the panel believed impart that the trial judge had been biased towards a prosecution in her instructions to the jury. what is, what a rule swain should not be retried because too much time had passed since charles s death first rain to get a fair trial. so just like that, david swain was a free man. i was one of the most surreal moments of my life. did you think of shelley as he left? i think about shelley almost every day. but yes, i was thinking about her that. david swing returned to the u.s. and rhode island. not far from the home he wants shared with shelley. do you ever pinch yourself sometimes that you are back in new england? certainly is good-looking over jamestown and looking at this body of water where i have spent years exploring teaching