Tuesday, 28 January 2014
Mom was having sex with male friend while her kids died in hot car
A mother whose children died after she locked them in the car with a heater running, while she had sex in another vehicle, is on trial for homicide.
Prosecutors say Heather Jensen, 25, carried out a "death sentence" against her two young sons when she locked then in the hot car, Fox 31 Denver reports.
The charges against Ms Jensen include criminally negligent homicide, child abuse resulting in death and false reporting. Continue..."Ms Jensen created the situation that caused her children to die," prosecutor Danielle Lewis said in opening statements.
Her defence says her actions should be assessed with regard to her low IQ, her youth and the fact her husband died six weeks earlier in a car accident.
"It was a tragedy, but it was an accident. It was not a crime," said public defender Elsa Archambault.
Ms Jensen sobbed loudly as her trial opened last week in Mesa County District Court, Colorado.
Ms Jensen’s sons, William, 2, and 4-year-old Tyler, died on November 27, 2012. She told her new live-in boyfriend she was taking the boys to play in the snow and drove them to a snow park, where she met up with a male friend to have sex in the car park.
At first, she left the two boys in the car with the heat on and the doors unlocked.
After about 30 minutes, Tyler opened the door and Ms Jensen returned him to her car, gave him a mobile phone to play with and secured the child locks before returning to her friend.
The children are said to have spent 90 minutes in the car, where an investigation revealed temperatures could have reached 60 degrees Celsius. Both boys died from hyperthermia.
Ms Jensen’s defence attributes her poor decision making to her low IQ of 76, which makes her borderline developmentally disabled.
A boyfriend also told investigating police that Ms Jensen had smoked marijuana the day before the children died.
In the three months leading up to the deaths, she had failed court-ordered drug tests three times, the Daily Sentinel reports. The testing was tied to a March 2012 arrest for domestic violence. Her husband Eric had told police Ms Jensen became violent after he confronted her about spending time with friends who supplied her with painkillers Vicodin and Percocet.
Following the deaths of her sons, Ms Jensen also violated the terms of her probation and left Colorado for Florida, to be with her family.
"I believe it would be a great opportunity for me to start my life over again in Florida, and being surrounded by all my family who loves me to help me get through the losses I’ve had in this past month," Ms Jensen wrote in the letter to a Mesa County judge. "And I would greatly appreciate it if you will let me move on with my life in Florida."
Ms Jensen's request was denied and she was arrested at her mother's home in North Fort Myers, Florida on January 16, 2013.
The jury deciding the case was made up of 10 women and five men, but a judge removed one of the jurors from the trial when he found out she added a witness from the trial as a friend on Facebook, CBS Denver reports. The trial is expected to run for nine days.
Source: News.com
PICTURES : Nigerian Entertainers at the 2014 Grammys
Kelly Rowland to perform at Darey's Love Like A Movie Season 2
After much speculation, multiple award winning
American singer and actress Kelly Rowland has been unveiled as the surprise act
performing at the second edition of Darey Art Alade’s critically acclaimed music
concert, Love Like a Movie: The Love Roller Coaster!
Other
artistes to perform at the second edition of LLAM include D’banj, Tiwa Savage,
Seyi Shay, Mo ‘Eazy,
Zaina, Timi Dakolo, Waje, Muna, JJC, Eva and others.
The special
edition of the LLAM red carpet will be streamed online across the world and will
hold on Saturday 15 February at Eko Hotel & Suites Oceanview Grounds.
Trouble in paradise for Rapper T.I & wife Tiny? See their online posts
In a cyrptic post on his Instagram page, T.I. said his life has gone through a major change and that the only thing that matters to him are God, his children and his record label. No mention of Tiny. See his post and a report confirming their split after the cut...
And then Tiny posted a pic of her own on Instagram…
Here's a report from SandraRose.com confirming their split
The couple reportedly split on on Saturday shortly after arriving in Los Angeles to attend the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, according to my source.
T.I. was so distraught by the break up that he canceled his appearance on Sunday night’s live telecast of The Grammys where he was nominated for 3 awards.
This is very sad news for fans of both T.I. and Tiny. It is unclear how the break up will affect T.I. and Tiny’s popular reality TV series on VH1.
All couples experience ups and downs during the course of their relationships. In Tiny and T.I.’s case, the pressures were unrelenting. For instance, there are rumors that T.I. recently violated Tiny’s trust by sleeping with one of her female friends. But that’s nothing new.
Another rumor has it that T.I. refused to support Tiny’s new business venture, a line of tequila, because he feels it sends the wrong message to their young fans. T.I. and Tiny have 2 sons together. T.I. also has 3 children with other women, and Tiny has a daughter from a previous relationship.Lindaikeji
Boko Haram attacks church, kills 22 worshippers in Adamawa state
Eye witnesses said two policemen and a security guard attached to the church were also killed during the attack.
The Local Govt chairman, Maina Ularamu, while confirming the incident urged the people in the area to remain calm, saying that security operatives were on top of the situation. Always on top of things after the fact! God help us!
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