CANTON, Mass. — Karen Read’s legal team is seeking a $12,229.57 reimbursement for fees and travel expenses paid to a defense expert hired to examine the security camera system at the Canton Police Station.
New Karen Read Filing:
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Karen Read's legal team is seeking a $12,229.57 reimbursement for fees and travel expenses paid to a defense expert hired to examine the security camera system at the Canton Police Station.
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According to a new defense filing, “All original DVR footage from the relevant date had been destroyed, at best, due to improper preservation by the Commonwealth” and the expert’s trip was “futile.”
The defense argues original footage is required to verify its authenticity and that “the condition of the right rear taillight of the Lexus SUV at the time it entered law enforcement custody is perhaps one of the most critical and highly contested issues in this case.”
The filing also mentions the “inverted video” shown at Read’s trial, and new surveillance video the prosecution provided after the trial in October, which shows prosecution witness Brian Higgins arriving at the Canton Police Department at 1:26 a.m. and minutes later speaking “on the phone” at 1:34 a.m. as he left the department, according to the defense.
Boston 25 reached out to Special Prosecutor Hank Brennan and will update if he responds.
Read is accused of hitting her Boston police officer boyfriend John O’Keefe with her Lexus SUV on Jan. 29, 2022, and leaving him to die after a night of drinking.
The defense has sought to portray Read as the victim, saying O’Keefe was actually killed inside the Albert family home and then dragged outside and left for dead.
Read’s lawyers have been fighting to dismiss her second-degree murder and leaving the scene of a deadly crash charge for double jeopardy reasons after multiple jurors told them that the jury agreed to acquit on those counts. Double jeopardy is a legal protection that prohibits anyone from being prosecuted twice for the same crime.
Read’s first trial ended with a hung jury this past summer.
The retrial of Read has been delayed until April 2025.
Read the full filing below:
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