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Autopsy results showed Rachel had died of a gunshot wound to the head, while Lillian had been shot in the torso - the bullet passed through the infant and also pierced Rachel's left breast. He was later arrested at Royal Oak underground station in London and extradited back to the United States to face a murder trial. Prosecutors argued that Entwistle carried out the vile slayings in a fit of rage over his failure to find work. He was heavily in debt and lied to his wife about his job aspects while looking for extra-marital sex on the internet, his trial heard.
Entwistle had also carried out internet searches for instructions on how to kill someone, according to prosecutors. The killer has claimed he was out on a shopping trip at the time of the killings and returned home to find his wife and daughter dead.
Entwistle's defence lawyers claimed that he found his father-in-law's. Later, on 14 November Elliot Weinstein requested a further delay and the trial was then rescheduled to March Subsequently the illness of one of Entwistle's lawyers, Stephanie Page, led to a further delay before a new trial was finally set at June 2 In early June Middlesex Superior Court began a lengthy juror selection process, punctuated by legal argument that the delay in the trial date and the high profile nature of the murders meant that the defendant would not receive a fair trial.
Some media reported that potential jurors were indicating that they formed significant views on the defendant's guilt or otherwise prior to the trial.
His trial for murder began on June 2 , in Woburn, MA. He was found guilty on all charges on June 25 , and he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on June 26 , The formal legal arguments in the trial ended on June After deliberating for nine hours over two days, on June 25, , the jury found Entwistle guilty as to the charge of first degree murder. He was also found guilty of the illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.
He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on June 26, , the mandatory sentence for someone convicted of first degree murder in the state of Massachusetts. Judge Diane Kottmyer imposed two concurrent life sentences on the murder charges and ten years of probation on the firearms and ammunition charges to run concurrent with the life sentences, conditional that he never profit from the sale of his story. In the days after Entwistle was sentenced to life imprisonment, his verdict went to automatic appeal in the High Court.
Entwistle now has the right to appeal a number of times and the appeals process may stretch over several years. In September , it was revealed that Neil had arranged for a new lawyer to represent him in his appeal. His original lawyer, Elliot Weinstein, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and has dropped the case to focus on recovery.
The complaint was rejected by the PCC. Neil's parents continue to insist that their son is innocent of the murders, that Rachel was the true killer, and that he will eventually be cleared and released from prison. Shaving incident and prison transfer. In August, Entwistle had been tricked into shaving his head in an attempt to secure the protection of a white supremacist prison gang. Entwistle was put into protective custody inside the prison shortly afterwards. Department of Correction spokesman, Diane Wiffin told that Entwistle's transfer was part of the state's inmate classification process that takes a prisoner's safety into account, confirming that the threats towards Neil had become too big.
Entwistle spent a total of five months in Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center. Neil Entwistle born September 18, is the widower of Rachel Entwistle and father of Lillian Entwistle and is charged with their murders. Although the murders happened on January 20, , the bodies of year-old Rachel and 9-month-old Lillian were not found until January 22, in the master bedroom of the couple's rented Hopkinton, Massachusetts home where the Entwistles had moved just ten days earlier.
Autopsy results showed that the mother died of a gunshot wound to the head and the baby died of a gunshot to the stomach. Hours after their deaths, Entwistle bought a one-way ticket to London about a.
The immediacy of these events raised questions as to the activities of Entwistle during the previous few hours. They say he told them that he left his Hopkinton home at around a. EST three days previously to go on an errand. He told them that both his wife and daughter were in bed. When he returned at around a. EST, he says he found they had been shot dead and covered their bodies with a blanket.
He told the police that he didn't call , but instead decided to kill himself. Unable to bring himself to end his life with a knife, he then got in the family car and drove to his father-in-law Joseph Materazzo's house to get a. Finding the house locked, he then decided to fly to England and see his parents.
However, as well as confirming that a set of keys to Materazzo's house were found in the car Entwistle parked at Boston's Logan Airport before his flight, DNA matching Entwistle was found on the handle of a.
In addition, DNA matching his slain wife Rachel was found on the gun's muzzle. Entwistle appeared in court after being arrested in London on February 9. Saying little else - except confirmation of his name, age, and address - he was then remanded in custody until a hearing the following day. However, he changed his mind overnight.
Just a few hours later, a Home Office minister signed Entwistle's extradition order. Outside the court afterwards, Seddon - who did not indicate whether her client intended to plead guilty - told reporters: "He has consented at the earliest opportunity because he wants to cooperate with the authorities in any way that he can. He believes he will receive a fair and proper hearing in the United States on these very serious allegations.
She added that Entwistle "had always been inclined to consent" to an extradition request. Entwistle did not put up a struggle. His arrest followed detailed searches by two teams of officers at his parents' house. Local officers interviewed the couple from a. Rachel and Lillian loved Neil very much. Yet two people remain convinced he is innocent: his parents, Cliff and Yvonne.
Here, they tell their story for the first time. Yvonne Entwistle gazed through the bedroom window of her Nottinghamshire home, waiting for the tip of the sun to peep above the horizon in the left-hand pane. She had watched it rise from that same spot many times over the years as she had nursed her sons, now both grown men. I was so happy, so excited. I wanted to buy her a beautiful dress. It was 9 April, , and earlier that morning Yvonne and her husband Cliff had waited anxiously for news of Rachel, the year-old American wife of their elder son Neil, who was in labour in a Worcestershire hospital.
The phone had rung at 4am. And another. I ended up buying five, all those lovely pinks. Cliff and Yvonne Entwistle doted on their granddaughter. But they threw a farewell party and hoped that, one day, he, Rachel and the baby would return to England. At the party Lillian Rose, wearing the rosebud dress bought by Yvonne, gurgled happily in her cot.
Yvonne remembers her pride when she noticed the baby had the Entwistle nose. It was the last time the couple were to see their granddaughter. On 28 March, US police indict Entwistle on two counts of murder. He is on trial for his life: the charges are first degree murder of his wife Rachel and 9-month-old daughter, Lillian Rose. He denies all charges. During the course of the trial, the prosecutor brings over forty witnesses before the court, taking 12 days to set out their case.
The defence rests without putting any witnesses on the stand. Entwistle does not give evidence in his own defence; the only time the court hears his voice is in a recording the police conversation makes between Neil and Sgt.
The court hears compelling witness testimony. I was only gone for a couple of hours. Someone shot them. The jury sees crime scene photos and is told that a post-mortem examination found Mrs Entwistle was shot in the forehead at close range and Lillian was killed with a bullet which passed through her abdomen and lodged above her mother's left breast as she cradled her on the bed.
The jury takes two days to find Entwistle guilty of the double murder. He is sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. As with his demeanour throughout the trial, on hearing he will die in prison, Entwistle shows no emotion.
There is no why. Jonathan Raban: Two Clicks, the life of Neil EntwistleWith the excitement of moving into their own home, Rachel Entwistle was looking forward to the weekend; her plans were to play host to her mother and her best friend. Full of anticipation, Rachel speaks with her mum, Priscilla, on the evening of 19 June It was the last time anyone has contact with Rachel.
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