With a tree branch. The prosecution contended that she was still alive in the woods and the defense contended she was not. The judge read this clarification to the jury. In the course of one continuous event, it does not matter whether the alleged victims death precededa followed the alleged sexual attack. However, for the rape to constitute one continuous event, the death and the alleged rape must occur very close in time, almost simultaneously. On two other counts, another aggravated rape, and the Armed Robbery of Colleen Ritzers underwear, the jury found philip chism guilty as charged. So something of a split verdict for philip chism. But bottom line, this jury that sat for hall these weeks, it rejected the defense here, that claimed that philip chism was mentally hale ill when he attacked Colleen Ritzer. Vanessa bob, youve been single day of this emotional trial and sometimes we see the member. Can you tell us how family members reacted when the verdict was read . Well, everybody w
Heres a taste of that. The defendant, guilty or not what . On what nearry . Near theory. So the reporter so that was repeated over and over again. Each member of the jury, all 12 much emthem, eight men, four women, had to stand up in court to say, guilty, first degree murder. The jury could have found him guilty of Second Degree murder. But it did not. It went first degree murder. Its a life sentence. On the over charges, a bit of a split have you had here. Not guilty on the aggravated rape in the woods but guilt on the aggravated rape in the bathroom. Guilty of Armed Robbery of Colleen Ritzers underwear. Why they split this up, but the bottom line here is that this jury, the Phillip Chism jury, rejected the insanity defense, finding Phillip Chism, who was only 14 years old at the time of this crime, guilty, first degree murder, for the death of Colleen Ritzer. When we talked earlier, you mentioned that the Surveillance Video was the key piece of evidence in this case. Break that down
Enough away. Now its not the hurricanetype thats causing the rain and wind here. We certainly are seeing that were seeing the potential for some coastal flooding and Coastal Flood Advisory again tomorrow afternoon. Beyond joaquin we have our own issues to talk about for this weekend. Ill have that in a few minutes. The power of mother nature. In marshfield this round of weather not because of joaquin but still causing issues at this hour. Fox 25s john monahan is live in scituate. You have been speaking with residents definitely feeling the effects there . Reporter theyve been feeling the wind all day, ill tell you that much, mark. It has been blowing nonstop all day. It was high tide at 3 00 another is at 3 45 in the morning. That one not supposed to be a problem but tomorrow thats the one to watch for because this wind is blowing all day all night and all day tomorrow pushing this water right towards the coast. Pounding rain and strong binds batter the coastline. In scituate boats bou
At the satellite and Hurricane Joaquin. Now at 5 00 and 6 00, the track of that storm was headed out to sea. New tonight at 10 00, it appears to be staying that way. At this hour joaquin continues to bratter the bahamas. This is video of a coast guard rescue just north west of haiti. This 212 foot ship and its 2 million cargo sank. Good evening everyone im mark ockerbloom. And im joy lim nakrin. Now the forecast at home and to our south continues to dominate headlines and the temperatures tonight. Fox 25s john monahan is live in scituate monitoring the ongoing flood concerns. But we start with chief meteorologist Kevin Lemanowicz tracking a very busy very wet stretch of weather. Its been that way hasnt it. We had a break yesterday from a lot of the rain but it came roaring right back. Its breaking apart a bit for now. Theres the moderate rain right there in the center of cape cod. To the north shore haverhill over to Hampton Beach getting some of that rain shower activity. To the north
The suspension of six students. One man loses his license after a drunk driver hits him. The reason his nightmare for several months suddenly went away just four hours ago after we looked into it. Right off the top tonight at 10 00 a live look at the satellite and Hurricane Joaquin. Now at 5 00 and 6 00, the track of that storm was headed out to sea. New tonight at 10 00, it appears to be staying that way. At this hour joaquin continues to bratter the bahamas. This is video of a coast guard rescue just north west of haiti. This 212 foot ship and its 2 million cargo sank. Good evening everyone im mark ockerbloom. And im joy lim nakrin. Now the forecast at home and to our south continues to dominate headlines and the temperatures tonight. Fox 25s john monahan is live in scituate monitoring the ongoing flood concerns. But we start with chief meteorologist Kevin Lemanowicz tracking a very busy very wet stretch of weather. Its been that way hasnt it. It came roaring right back. Its breaking