Christine Banfield had a blood clotting disorder that caused her to bruise easily and bleed faster than average — meaning she would have known never to consent to knife-play, and once stabbed, bled out rapidly.
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The most powerful element of the prosecution's case is the simplest: 15 minutes. Christine Banfield had a blood clotting disorder that caused her to bleed faster and more severely than average — meaning she would never have agreed to a knife-play scenario, and once stabbed, time was everything. Prosecutors argue those 15 minutes between calls were the time Brendan needed to drip blood on Joe, position the bodies, retrieve and place weapons, and ensure Christine was too far gone to tell the truth when help arrived. Brendan's counter — that the groan on the first call was the family dog, not a dying man — doesn't land. After nearly nine hours of deliberation across two days, the jury returns a verdict of guilty on all counts. The judge later rejects an attempt by the defense to have the verdict thrown out.
The jury in Brendan Banfield's murder trial deliberated for nearly nine hours across two days before returning a guilty verdict on all counts.
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