week in tweets

Tweets from @mlampy (that's me!) from court last week:

• A new week and a new shirt - white - for the man accused of murder. No eye contact as he's lead to the prisoner's box. #crime #grimtweets
• I wonder what a bag of scalp looks like. Some people have the most unique/horrifying/interesting jobs.
• I wonder how the tragically sad-looking teen felt as she talked about her dead mother in front of the man accused of murder.
• 12 sat staring at a pic of a woman. Body half sunburnt, half white and bloated, snagged on a tree in the river. Her hair was falling out.
• A female juror looked at the pic of holes in the dead woman's head. Lips pursed, brows furrowed, she glanced at the man accused of murder.
• Why are sheriff's uniforms so squeaky?
• Do you know a dead body's various stages of decomposition? I now do. Gross.
• Six years after Heather Hamill slaying, murder trial begins: http://tinyurl.com/lsyfp5 #kamloops #crime
• Roe will get second murder trial in 2010: http://tinyurl.com/ll2n2q #kamloops #crime
• Sting suspects back in court next week: http://tinyurl.com/lbogmy #kamloops #crime
• Robert Balbar sat, head left-leaning, motionless for two hours. He wore no shoes. Jury didn't look at the man accused of killing his g/f.
• Stephen Roe's new shoes squeaked as he walked by. They were auburn brown. He gets a new trial in 2010 for stabbing David Holditch to death.
• I spent the majority of my day in the company of two alleged murderers. Who's hungry? I sure am...

courting

So I've finally got a computer at home — I splurged and bought a MacBook! — so I'm back to blogging — albeit, my focus has changed a bit.

In addition to my current beats, I'm also the new court reporter and will be blogging about my experiences covering exciting trials, like the first-degree murder trial of Robert Balbar and the upcoming Allan Schoenborn, to the less-intense matters in provincial court.

Check back for more on the Kamloops crime beat.