[arista]

This was May 2020


[A married police officer has been acquitted of
murdering his long-term lover after
she revealed their affair to his wife.
A jury took two hours and 50 minutes to find
Timothy Brehmer, 41,
not guilty of murdering mother-of-two Claire Parry.
Brehmer had previously admitted the
manslaughter of the married nurse who he
had been having an affair with for more than 10 years.
The police officer, who served with Dorset Police,
will be sentenced at Salisbury Crown Court
by Mr Justice Jacobs later on Tuesday.
Mrs Parry died during a "kerfuffle" in his
car at a car park of the Horns Inn in
West Parley, Dorset, on May 9 this year.]

https://www.itv.com/news/2020-10-27/...r-manslaughter

[Niamh.]

"Brehmer said he strangled her by accident during a "kerfuffle" in his car."

How do you accidentally strangle someone?

[Cherie]

strange verdict

[Kizzy]

Wow... how does this happen? Just when you thought it was American officers that were above the law.

[Tom4784]

I wonder if he would have been acquitted if he wasn't a police officer....

[arista]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

"Brehmer said he strangled her by accident during a "kerfuffle" in his car."

How do you accidentally strangle someone?

Maybe it was a Sex Act?


[He sobbed as he told jurors: 'I'm responsible for her death.
I must have [used too much force]. I absolutely did not want
to kill her or cause serious bodily harm. I didn't intend to kill her.' ]

[arista]

Originally Posted by Cherie

strange verdict

He will get Manslaughter charge now


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ring-wife.html

[arista]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

I wonder if he would have been acquitted if he wasn't a police officer....

Maybe not

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by arista

Maybe it was a Sex Act?


[He sobbed as he told jurors: 'I'm responsible for her death.
I must have [used too much force]. I absolutely did not want
to kill her or cause serious bodily harm. I didn't intend to kill her.' ]

No it wasn't :

The court heard that while the pair were in the car, Mrs Parry had taken the Brehmer’s phone and sent a message to his wife saying: “I am cheating on you.”

Minutes later Mrs Parry suffered fatal injuries at Brehmer’s hands - the 41-year-old is strangled the mother of two after she sent a text message on the defendant’s phone to his wife revealing the affair.

Mrs Parry, a nurse and mother of two who was also married to a police officer, had become enraged with Brehmer after she found out he was in a relationship with fellow police officer Kate Rhodes at the same time he was seeing her.

Brehmer claimed she accidentally suffered the fatal injury while he was trying to push her out of the vehicle so he could drive away.

https://www.itv.com/news/2020-10-27/police-officer-cleared-of-murdering-lover-but-faces-jail-for-manslaughter

[arista]

Well Really it should be Murder
but as Dezzy stated he is a Copper
slight protected etc.

[LeatherTrumpet]

I guess they failed to prove that it was a premeditated murder (which i dont think it was) and so manslaughter it is.

[Denver]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

I guess they failed to prove that it was a premeditated murder (which i dont think it was) and so manslaughter it is.

Not all murder has to be premeditated and premeditated murder can happen in the minutes leading up to it so this post makes no sense

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Denver

Not all murder has to be premeditated and premeditated murder can happen in the minutes leading up to it so this post makes no sense

well whatever the prosecution could not prove that this occurred beyond reasonable doubt

[bitontheslide]

it really only matters what prison sentence he gets. If he gets off with 6 months community service then he must have some dirt on someone

[Josy]

Murderer

[Ammi]

...his sentencing will be tomorrow morning and his barrister has asked that the 168 days he’s already spent in custody be deducted from the sentence...it’ll be interesting to see how long will be spent in prison for taking a woman’s life...

[thesheriff443]

Without hearing and seeing all the evidence you can’t really give an informed opinion.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

Without hearing and seeing all the evidence you can’t really give an informed opinion.

His defence was while trying to push her out of the car, he accidentally strangled her........seems legit

[Ammi]

...I don’t know if it’s been posted already but this shows a vid of him just after he was arrested...


https://news.sky.com/story/timothy-b...ghter-12115956

[bitontheslide]

it does sound very dodgy

[LeatherTrumpet]

Problem is you can't prove murder despite how it sounds

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

His defence was while trying to push her out of the car, he accidentally strangled her........seems legit

The jury was made up of normal men and women who after seeing and hearing the evidence came to their verdict.

[Josy]

Wouldnt this have been classed as second degree murder in other countries?

Yet because of our criminal system yet again the jury has to choose between either manslaughter or premeditated murder...

He obviously wanted to kill her by strangling her in anger after finding out she revealed the affair so yes he murdered her IMO

[Ammi]

A police officer raised in North Hampshire who strangled his lover after she revealed their affair to his wife has been sentenced to 10-and-a-half years imprisonment...

[Josy]

Originally Posted by Ammi

A police officer raised in North Hampshire who strangled his lover after she revealed their affair to his wife has been sentenced to 10-and-a-half years imprisonment...

Not even a life sentence then :/