Kisan Jacqueline Montgomery
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kisan Jacqueline Montgomery, yarinya mai shekaru 15 daga Islington, Arewacin London, Ingila, ya faru ne a ranar 1 ga Yuni 1975. Dennis McGrory ne ya kashe ta, abokin tarayya mai shekaru 28 na kawunta, wanda aka bayyana a shari'arsa a matsayin "wurin fushi" lokacin da ya yi masa fyade, ya yi masa wuka, kuma ya maƙure Montgomery a gidan iyalinta a Offord Road.
Mahaifinta ne ya gano jikinta da sassafe a ranar 2 ga Yuni a bene na dakin zama na gidansu. An yi wa McGrory shari'a a kan shaidar yanayi a shekara ta 1976, amma an wanke shi daga kisan kai. Ya sake fuskantar shari'a a cikin 2022 a ƙarƙashin dokar haɗari biyu bayan an gwada swabs da aka ɗauka a lokacin kisan don DNA dinsa kuma an gano ya zama wasa daya cikin biliyan. Bayan shari'ar ta biyu, an yanke wa McGrory hukuncin fyade da kisan kai na Montgomery a Old Bailey a watan Disamba na shekara ta 2022. An yanke masa hukunci a Kotun Huntingdon Crown a ranar 13 ga watan Janairun 2023, inda babban alƙali, Simon Bryan, ya yanke wa McGrory hukuncin ɗaurin rai da rai tare da akalla shekaru 25 da kwanaki 126. McGrory zai cancanci samun izini lokacin da yake da shekaru 100.
Tare da shekaru 47 da suka wuce tun bayan kisan 1975, shari'ar tana wakiltar mafi tsawo tsakanin kisan kai da hukunci a Ingila da Wales sakamakon haɗari biyu.
Tarihi
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]A shekara ta 1975, Jacqueline Montgomery yarinya ce mai shekaru 15 da ke zaune tare da mahaifinta a Islington, Arewacin London, mahaifiyarta kwanan nan ta bar iyalin ta zauna a wani gida da ke kusa. Kakanta, Josie Montgomery, ta zauna tare da Dennis McGrory, wanda aka bayyana shi a matsayin mai tashin hankali da zagi. A lokacin kisan, ta bar shi kuma tana ƙoƙarin kafa rayuwar kanta daga gare shi. A cikin littafin da ta ajiye, Jacqueline Montgomery ta bayyana tafiya da ta yi tare da kawunta zuwa Manchester a cikin ƙoƙari na tserewa daga abokin aikinta.[1][2] A lokacin da aka yanke masa hukunci, an bayyana McGrory a matsayin wanda ke da "sha'awar jima'i ba tare da musayar ba" a cikin matashi, kuma ya "yi ƙoƙari" tare da ita kafin ranar da aka kashe ta.[3]
Wani lokaci tsakanin 1 da 2 Yuni 1975, an yi imanin cewa bayan wani lokaci na shan giya sosai, McGrory, wanda ke da shekaru 28, ya tafi gidan Montgomery a Offord Road, Islington, yana neman Josie. Jacqueline Montgomery ta kasance kadai a gidan, kuma ana zaton ya kai mata hari a cikin ƙoƙari na tilasta mata ta bayyana inda Josie take. A lokacin harin, an yi wa Montgomery fyade, kuma an yi masa wuka a baya, zuciya da diaphragm. An kuma maƙure ta da igiyar lantarki ta ƙarfe, wanda aka samo a wuyanta. An gano jikinta a bene na ɗakin gidan lokacin da mahaifinta, Robert Montgomery, ya dawo gida da sassafe na 2 ga Yuni.[4][5][6]
An gano wayar a kan ƙugiya, yana nuna cewa Montgomery ya yi ƙoƙari ya kira don taimako yayin gwagwarmaya, kuma masu bincike daga baya sun tabbatar da cewa an fara amfani da wayar tun daga safiyar 1 ga Yuni, yana nuna kisan ya faru a wannan ranar.[2] McGrory daga baya zai isa gidan daya daga cikin maƙwabtan Montgomery a cikin yanayin girgiza da tashin hankali. Ya yi amfani da takarda wanda ya yi iƙirarin ya ƙunshi adireshin Josie Montgomery, kuma ya ce "geezers" guda huɗu sun kai masa hari.[7] An kama McGrory bisa zargin kisan kai, amma ya yi iƙirarin bai ga Montgomery a wannan rana ba. Ya gaya wa 'yan sanda cewa raunin da aka samu a fuskarsa ya faru ne bayan da maza hudu suka kai masa hari. Takardar da ke ɗauke da adireshin kawunta, wanda ya zama ƙarya, ya sanya shi a wurin, kuma a ranar 10 ga Yuli 1975, an tuhume shi da kisan Montgomery. Amma shari'ar da aka yi a Old Bailey, wanda aka gudanar a shekara ta 1976, ta rushe bayan alƙalin da ke jagorantar ya ki amincewa da yanayin shaidarsa da ke danganta shi da laifin.[2][5][7]
Haɗari sau biyu da sake shari'a
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Bayan Canjin shekara ta 2003 a cikin doka game da mulkin haɗari biyu, ka'idar da ba za a iya gwada mutum sau biyu ba don wannan laifi, ya zama mai yiwuwa a sake yin shari'ar wanda ake zargi da kisan kai idan sabon shaidar ta fito, kuma Darakta na Masu gabatar da kara ya yi la'akari da hakan don amfanin jama'a.[8] Tun daga wannan lokacin an yi amfani da shi ne kawai a lokuta masu ban sha'awa, musamman a cikin yanayin Gary Dobson wanda, a cikin 2012, yana ɗaya daga cikin mutane biyu da aka yanke musu hukunci kan kisan Stephen Lawrence na 1993, Dobson ya fuskanci shari'a a baya kuma an wanke shi daga wannan laifin. [4][5] A cikin 2021, an kuma yi amfani da shi don samun nasarar yanke wa Gary Allen hukunci, wanda aka wanke shi shekaru ashirin da suka gabata na kisan Samantha Class na 1997, kuma saboda haka ya ci gaba da aikata kisan kai na biyu.[9]
Bayan buƙatar da dangin Montgomery suka yi cewa a sake duba shari'ar, a watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 2015 kwararru na 'yan sanda na Metropolitan sun sake bincika ta, [10] kuma an tura ta zuwa Sashin Karatun Shari'a da Bincike na Crown. [8][9] Masu bincike sun gano cewa masana kimiyya da ke da hannu a cikin binciken asali sun ɗauki kuma sun adana sutura na farji daga jikin, suna lakafta wannan shaidar a hankali. An gwada waɗannan akan DNA na McGrory, kuma an gano cewa wasa ne na biliyan daya. [2][1] An aika da karar zuwa Kotun daukaka kara, inda aka soke wankewar, kuma a ranar 3 ga Maris 2020, McGrory, wanda ke zaune a Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, an sake kama shi kuma an sake tuhumar shi da fyade da kisan Montgomery.[1][10] An fara shari'ar McGrory a Old Bailey a ranar 3 ga Maris 2022, amma an dakatar da shi a ranar 16 ga Maris lokacin da ya yi rashin lafiya. An sake tsara shi don 30 ga Nuwamba, tare da sabon juri a Kotun Huntingdon Crown. [9][5][11][12]
Tom Little KC da Sarah Przybylska ne suka gurfanar da karar, [1] [6] kuma William Boyce KC ne ya kare shi. [13] Alkalin da ke jagorantar shi ne Mista Mai Shari'a Bryan . [14] McGrory ya bayyana a kotu ta hanyar bidiyo daga ofishin lauyansa, kuma ya yi ikirarin "ba laifi ba" ga tuhumar. [1] [13] Kotun ta ji cewa shi mai zalunci ne, wanda a baya ya yi barazanar yi wa Montgomery fyade kafin lokacin da aka kashe ta, kuma cewa yana da "rashin fushi" lokacin da ya tafi neman Josie Montgomery kuma ya kai hari ga dan uwanta.[6] An ce mai yiwuwa ya "yi fushi da takaici" a kan Montgomery sakamakon rashin samun Josie a gidan.[7] An gaya wa shari'ar cewa alamar ƙonewa a kan ƙafar Montgomery, tare da kasancewar igiyar lantarki, sun nuna cewa McGrory ya azabtar da ita don bayyana wurin kawunta. Shafin daga littafin matashi wanda ke dauke da adireshin Josie kuma McGrory ya tsage shi daga littafin, kuma an same shi a cikin aljihunsa a lokacin da aka kama shi. Shaidar DNA ta sanya shi a wurin, kuma ta tabbatar da cewa an yi jima'i tsakanin McGrory da Montgomery. Kotun ta kuma ji cewa raunin da aka samu a fuskar McGrory ya faru ne yayin da Montgomery ta yi ƙoƙari ta kare kanta, kuma duk da tsananin raunin da ta samu tana iya rayuwa kusan minti goma bayan harin.[5][9][11]
Bayan shari'ar makonni biyu, [9] an fitar da juri a ranar 19 ga watan Disamba, kuma an yanke wa McGrory hukunci kan fyade da kisan Jacqueline Montgomery, kuma an shirya sauraron hukunci a ranar 13 ga watan Janairun 2023. McGrory, wanda aka umarce shi zuwa kotu don jin hukuncin, an tsare shi har zuwa lokacin.[1][11] Da yake magana bayan yanke hukunci, 'yar'uwar Montgomery, Kathy, ta ce: "Binciken 'yan shekarun da suka gabata ya haifar da tunawa da kisan wanda ya haifar da ciwo da damuwa ga ni da iyalina kuma na sami kwanciyar hankali cewa a ƙarshe muna da adalci ga Jackie. "[7]
Max Hill KC, Darakta na Masu gabatar da kara na Ingila da Wales, ya yi sharhi game da yanayin da ba a saba gani ba na yanke hukunci: "Yana da matukar wuya a soke shi amma bayan an yi la'akari da shi sosai an gamsu da cewa akwai sabbin hujjoji masu mahimmanci don ba da izinin yin aikace-aikacen zuwa Kotun daukaka kara. Ba sau da yawa cewa na amince da irin wannan aikace-aikace kuma na gamsu sosai don ganin hukuncin yau. Tunanina suna da kowa da ke makoki Jacqueline. "[4]
Hukunce-hukunce
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]An gudanar da sauraron hukuncin, wanda aka gudanar a Kotun Huntingdon Crown, a ranar 13 ga watan Janairun 2023, kuma yana daya daga cikin ƙananan sauraron irin wannan a Ingila da Wales da aka nuna tun daga 2022. Alkalin da ke jagorantar, Mista Mai Shari'a Bryan, ya yanke wa McGrory hukuncin ɗaurin rai da rai tare da mafi ƙarancin shekaru 25 da kwanaki 126. A cikin taƙaitaccen hukuncinsa ya ce: "Ba ni da wata shakka cewa kun yi niyyar kashe ta a cikin mummunan hari a kanta. Kun sanya Jacqui ta hanyar mummunar, tashin hankali da ci gaba a gidanta - wurin da ta cancanci jin lafiya. A cikin shekarun da suka biyo baya, dole ne ku yi tunanin cewa kun tsere da mummunar laifukanku. Ta yaya kowane mutum zai iya haifar da irin wannan tashin hankali na jima'i a kan wani yaro mai shekaru 15 wanda bai yi musu lahani ba. " [1] McGrory zai cancanci yin imani da 1248[2] Tsawon hukuncin, tare da shekarun McGrory a lokacin da aka yanke masa hukunci (yana da shekaru 75), yana nufin zai iya ciyar da sauran rayuwarsa a kurkuku.[3]
Da yake magana bayan sauraron, masanin kimiyya Lee Shufflebottom, wanda aikinsa ya taimaka wajen tabbatar da hukunci, ya yaba da hangen nesa na ƙungiyar likitoci ta asali, waɗanda suka adana kuma suka riƙe "waɗannan sassan nune-nunen don sabbin fasahohin gaba da za su zo, don samun wannan shaidar da ba za su iya samu a 1975 ba".[8]
Tare da shekaru 47 da suka wuce tun kisan gillar 1975, shari'ar tana wakiltar mafi tsawo tsakanin kisan kai da hukunci a Ingila da Wales sakamakon haɗari biyu.[8][9]
Dubi kuma
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- Shari'ar Jemma Mitchell, shari'ar kisan kai ta 2022 wacce aka nuna a talabijin
- Hukuncin Ben Oliver, wani shari'a daga 2022 wanda aka yi fim din lokacin da aka yanke masa hukunci
Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Brunt, Martin (19 December 2022). "Sex killer cleared of murdering girl nearly 50 years ago convicted in double jeopardy retrial". Sky News. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Man jailed for 1975 murder in Islington". Metropolitan Police Service. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ↑ "Double jeopardy killer Dennis McGrory will serve minimum 25 years for murder and rape of Jacqueline Montgomery in 1975". Sky News. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Man convicted of brutal 1975 rape and murder after double jeopardy trial". The Crown Prosecution Service. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "Double jeopardy killer Dennis McGrory will serve minimum 25 years for murder and rape of Jacqueline Montgomery in 1975". Sky News. Retrieved Jan 14, 2023.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Pensioner convicted of murder in oldest double jeopardy case". Bracknell News. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Lamche, Anna (22 December 2022). "Man guilty of murdering teenage niece in 1975". Camden New Journal. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "Man jailed for life for murder in oldest double jeopardy case". BBC. Jan 13, 2023. Retrieved Jan 14, 2023.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 "How new evidence overturned a 1975 murder acquittal and saw the killer of a 15-year-old girl finally face justice". The Crown Prosecution Service. Retrieved Jan 14, 2023.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Man convicted of 1975 rape and murder of schoolgirl after Met cold case review". Metropolitan Police Service. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Man guilty of murder and rape in oldest double jeopardy case". BBC. Dec 19, 2022. Retrieved Jan 14, 2023.
- ↑ "Double jeopardy killer Dennis McGrory will serve minimum 25 years for murder and rape of Jacqueline Montgomery in 1975". Sky News. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Dennis McGrory gets life sentence, with a minimum of 25 years, for murdering Jacqueline Montgomery in 1975 – follow live". Sky News. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ↑ "Criminal sentence – Dennis McGrory – Huntingdon Law Courts Crown Court – Mr Justice Bryan". Thelawpages.com. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2023.