Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., April 13 (UPI) -- Testimony is set to begin in
the trial of a Daytona Beach woman who confessed to a slaying recorded
on videotape and conspiracy in another death.
Deidre Hunt was on death row for her crimes, but was given a
trial by
the Florida Supreme Court when it was learned her lawyer sold her story
to a tabloid television program before her confession.
Hunt and her lover Kostas Fotopoulos were sent to death row for
the
1989 murders of Bryan Chase and Kevin Ramsey in an murder-for-hire
scheme.
Fotopoulos, married to a wealthy woman, owned a Daytona Beach
billiards parlor where Hunt worked as a cocktail waitress.
The two allegedly plotted the death of Lisa Fotopoulos to
collect her
life insurance.
Investigators say lovers picked Bryan Chase, a teenage runaway,
as
the triggerman, proposing a test to see if he had the courage to commit
the crime.
They say Fotopoulos videotaped as Hunt pumped several bullets
into
Ramsey, another runaway, as he stood tied to a tree.
Chase was allegedly given a gun and told to break into the
Fotopoulos' home and kill Mrs. Fotopoulos, but Chase did not know it was
a setup.
Prosecutors contend the runaway was shot and killed seconds
after he
put a bullet in the forehead of Mrs. Fotopoulos, who survived the
homicide attempt.
Hunt's attorney plans a battered-woman syndrome defense
contending
his client had fallen under the control of Fotopoulos.
The prosecution is asking for the death penalty.
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