She's free to take her milkshake back into the yard

[Aslan]

And I hate her if for no other reason than that damn song is stuck in my head

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44566000/jpg/_44566162_kissel_apf203b.jpg


Hong Kong's top court has overturned the conviction of American woman Nancy Kissel for the murder of her investment banker husband.

The court ordered a retrial for Kissel, jailed for life for putting sedatives in her husband Robert's milkshake and bludgeoning him with an ornament.

Her lawyers say prosecutors breached evidence rules during the trial.

The 2005 case heard tales of wealth, adultery, cocaine abuse, violent rows, greed and unhappiness.

"The court unanimously allows the appeal, quashes the conviction and orders a re-trial," Court of Final Appeal Chief Justice Andrew Li said.

The 45-year-old mother of three, who lost her first appeal, has been serving a life sentence since she was convicted.

Body in carpet

Kissel had admitted killing her husband, a banker at Merrill Lynch, in November 2003, but had denied murder, a charge that requires premeditation.

Prosecutors said she had given Robert, 40, a strawberry milkshake spiked with sedatives, before cracking his skull several times with a heavy statuette.

Kissel had tried to dispose of his body by rolling it up in a carpet and putting it into a storage room at the luxury Parkview apartments complex on Hong Kong island.

But the stench soon gave her away.

The BBC's correspondent in Hong Kong, Anne Marie Evans, says the case involving expatriates who seemingly had everything has enthralled Hong Kong.

Revelations at the original trial about the lifestyle of some members of the territory's wealthy elite gripped the public imagination.

Kissel lost an appeal in 2008 based on her claim that she acted in self defence as her husband was threatening her with a baseball bat.

At the trial prosecutors argued that she planned the murder due to her uncontrolled passion for a new lover, a TV repairman in the US.

They alleged that Kissel stood to gain up to $18m (£11m) in life insurance payouts from her husband's death.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8509768.stm

[battery jackson]

it doesnt seem like there was a good enough reason to overturn that conviction at all. weird

[TwiztidAngel]

wasnt this story the basis of the movie 'The Two Mr Kissells'?? it was on a lifetime channel movie....if so wheres the other wife's charges?? (i think both wives killed off the brothers...i may b wrong....but i remember watching this movie on LMN) and to top it all off, in the movie...the milkshake was delivered to him by his little girl!!

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117939007.html?categoryid=32&cs=1

http://www.daemonstv.com/2008/11/15/first-look-lifetimes-the-two-mr-kissels/

[battery jackson]

gotta love lifetime. glorifying cuntish irrationality since 1982. supermarket sweep was the ill show though. i still <3 the grocery store :crazy:

[Gidget]

Kissel had admitted killing her husband, a banker at Merrill Lynch, in November 2003, but had denied murder, a charge that requires premeditation.

Prosecutors said she had given Robert, 40, a strawberry milkshake spiked with sedatives, before cracking his skull several times with a heavy statuette.


What a crock of shit. She took the time to drug him first. That involves going and getting the sedatives, mixing it with the milkshake, giving it to him, and waiting for the drugs to kick in. And THEN she killed him.

If it was truly self-defense, and she was afraid for her life, why didn't she just drug him and leave? Even if he was a total asshole - which I don't know if he was or not - she didn't have to kill him. That wasn't her only option here.

[AngelFire]

Sorry guys but I am stuck on the title of this story...gave me a good laugh

[MC30]

you know i can't help it:crazy:

YouTube- Kelis - Milkshake

[Aslan]

CRAP
I had to listen to an hour of friggin Def Leppard to get that song out of my head earlier. But like Pavlov's dog, seeing a youtube video here is like a bell ringing, so I went all 'clicky click'

never again. Nay, ne'er more

[MC30]

ear worm cleaner for Alsan...
YouTube- Guns N' Roses - Used to love her (Live Era '87-'93)

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Nancy Kissel will be indicted again for murder after Hong Kong’s top court overturned her 2005 conviction for killing her husband, a Merrill Lynch & Co. banker, Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Kevin Zervos said.

“An indictment on a count of murder will be refiled,” probably by the end of next week, he said in an interview today.
[...]

The 45-year-old mother of three remains in prison pending a successful bail application.

Kissel’s lawyer, Simon Clarke, said evidence of diminished responsibility makes a manslaughter charge “the sensible and just thing.”

“We welcome and have no fear defending murder charges,” he said today.

A manslaughter conviction could carry a sentence of 8-12 years rather than the life term Kissel was serving, Clarke said. Having already served six years, “she could be due for release shortly after receiving such a verdict,” he said.
[...]

The court ruled that hearsay evidence on her intent to kill and cross-examination on bail material made her original trial unfair. Four of the five justices didn’t accept a third ground of appeal, that the trial judge had misdirected the jury on the definition of self-defense.

Clarke also said yesterday that Kissel may apply for an indefinite delay on a retrial, citing the publicity the case has received and the difficulty in getting an unbiased jury.

“The community very broadly has been exposed to very prejudiced views,” Clarke said, referring to how the media dubbed her the “milkshake murderer.”
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-02-12/kissel-may-be-indicted-for-murder-next-week-prosecutor-says.html

[battery jackson]

um, they called her the milkshake murderer because that's what she is. that's such bullshit

[Marv]

um, they called her the milkshake murderer because that's what she is. that's such bullshit


I saw no mention of any murdered milkshakes.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Retrial begins.

An American housewife accused of drugging then clubbing her banker husband to death in Hong Kong seven years ago stood trial for murder for a second time Tuesday after the Chinese territory's highest court tossed out her earlier conviction.
[...]

Kissel, who remains in custody, pleaded innocent to the new murder charge at Hong Kong's High Court. Both her parents attended Tuesday's session, as did her father-in-law, William Kissel, although he said later he wasn't sure if he would stay for the entire trial, which is expected to last more than two months.

Wearing a blue shawl over a gray cardigan, Kissel trembled badly as she spoke, clung to the bars in the defendant's box and leaned on her lawyer. Her words were barely audible, and the judge had to repeat what he heard and seek Kissel's confirmation.

Kissel's fate will be decided by a jury of five men and four women selected Tuesday morning. High Court Judge Andrew Macrae ordered jurors to ignore news coverage of the previous trial and to refrain from doing their own research on the Internet.

Macrae said previous press coverage was often "angled" or "slanted" to attract readers or simply factually wrong.
[...]

During opening statements Tuesday, Nancy Kissel sobbed as prosecutor David Perry revisited the gruesome details of her husband's death. Kissel delivered at least five blows to her husband's head while he was lying face down in the bedroom, subdued by a mix of six drugs, Perry said. She then covered the body with a plastic bag and towels and wrapped it in a carpet, then had it moved to storage, he said.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/11/AR2011011101339.html

[Hellsbells]

Nancy Kissel guilty of Hong Kong 'milkshake murder'


A Hong Kong jury has unanimously found American Nancy Kissel guilty of murdering her husband by lacing his milkshake with a sedative and beating him to death.

Kissel had admitted manslaughter but denied deliberately killing senior banker Robert Kissel in 2003

She was sentenced to life in 2005 but a judge ordered a retrial citing procedural flaws.

She lost an appeal in 2008 based on her claim that she acted in self-defence as her husband was threatening her with a baseball bat.

At that trial, prosecutors argued that she had planned the murder due to her uncontrolled passion for a new lover, a TV repairman from Vermont in the US.

They alleged Mrs Kissel had stood to gain up to $18m (£11m) in life insurance payouts from her husband's death.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12858124

[Whisper]

Nancy Kissel, 'Milkshake Murderer,' Wants Appeal To Overturn Hong Kong Conviction

An American woman twice convicted in Hong Kong of killing her investment-banker husband is now seeking an appeal, MSNBC reported.

Nancy Kissel, 48, was handed a life sentence last March after a jury found her guilty of drugging Robert Kissel with a sedative-laced strawberry milkshake and bludgeoning him to death with a lead ornament.

During the trial -- which newspapers dubbed the "Milkshake Murder" -- Kissel denied the charge of murder, but pled guilty to a charge of manslaughter for causing her husband's death.

Legal counsel for Kissel originally said she was not going to appeal the conviction and hoped to serve her sentence in the U.S., but a court official told the AFP on Friday that the mother of three filed an application to appeal.

With the 28-day deadline to file for appeal already passed, the native of Adrian, Mich., must be given court permission to try to overturn the conviction.

"No date has been set for the hearing," a court spokesperson told the AFP.

Kissel was first convicted and sentenced in 2005, but Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal cited legal errors and threw out the conviction in February 2010, the Wall Street Journal reported. A retrial began in January 2011 and ended two months later.

[...]
Police discovered the body of Robert Kissel, wrapped in a carpet in a storeroom near his home, on Nov. 6, 2003, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Prosecutors pointed out that Kissel may have had financial motivation for killing her husband, who was an executive for investment bank Merrill Lynch. They argued she could have made $18 million from his death and that she planned to take up with a TV repairman, with whom she admitted to having an affair in the U.S.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/24/nancy-kissel-milkshake-murder-appeal-hong-kong_n_1299027.html?ref=crime

[Aena]

April 27 (Bloomberg) -- Nancy Kissel, who was retried in Hong Kong for the murder of her Merrill Lynch & Co. banker husband, didn’t appeal her second conviction and may apply for a transfer to a U.S. prison, her lawyer said today.

“My understanding is that she wishes to make an application to serve her sentence in the United States,” said Kissel’s lawyer Colin Cohen. The 28-day period for Kissel to file an appeal expired on April 23.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-04-27/nancy-kissel-doesn-t-appeal-may-apply-for-transfer-to-u-s-jail.html