This article was last updated on April 16, 2022
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James Leopold, 33, who claims of accidentally killing his fiancée during a night of drunken sex, is waiting for the Supreme Court in Bridgewater to announce the final verdict.
Leopold from Nova Scotia is tried for second-degree murder in the death of Laura Lee Robertson who went missing in April last year. Robertson’s body was found in a wooded area in Greenfield, soon after Leopold was arrested as a suspect.
According to Leopold, he hit Robertson in the neck with no intensions of taking her life. He said it was an instant reaction when she bit his penis during sex.
“It just happened,” he cried. “It just happened so fast,” he repeated several times. “I panicked… It’s just how I got her. It just happened, I can’t even explain it. It wasn’t something I wanted to happen and it’s too late. She was dead right away. It happened so fast she probably didn’t know what happened.”
The incident took place at their apartment in Liverpool. Apparently, Leopold got scared and threw his fiancée’s body in the nearby forest.
Defence lawyer Chris Manning urged the jury to just reflect on Leopold’s mental state when he accidentally killed his beloved fiancée with his own hands.
However, during the trial, it became evident that Robertson died of asphyxiation which suggests that Leopold’s hands would have had to be on Robertson’s neck for longer than just a punch.
The twelve-member jury is likely to begin deliberations Wednesday.
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