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Juror faints after viewing gruesome crime scene photos in wife-murder trial of ex stockbroker, Rod Colvin

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"flag-region">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Juror fainted during gruesome testimony in wife-murder trial of Rod Colvin in Manhattan&comma; NY on Wednesday<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">The juror slumped fainted in his seat as graphic autopsy photos of victim Shele were displayed on a large monitor<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Danishefsky&&num;8217&semi;s estranged husband&comma; Colvin&comma; 45&comma; is accused in her murder after the wealthy Danishefsky’s was found face-down in the bathtub by her 9-year-old daughter in her Upper West Side home<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Aged 36&comma; Colvin allegedly snapped his 47-year-old wife&&num;8217&semi;s neck to land her multimillion-dollar life insurance policies on Dec 31&comma; 2009<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Prosecutors say Shele had planned to write her estranged husband out of her will and &dollar;5&period;2million fortune just one day before her death<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Three years into the murder investigation Covlin attempted to frame his 12-year-old daughter Anna for the murder<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">He wrote a note purporting to be Anna stating&colon;<&sol;span><&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">&OpenCurlyQuote;I lied&period; She didn’t just slip&period; That day we got into a fight about her dating … I got mad so I pushed her&comma; but it couldn’t have been that hard&excl;…’<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Anna was aged 9 when she  discovered her mother dead in the water at the New York apartment  – Covlin wrote a fake confession on Apple notes which then synced to Anna’s emails <&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"featured-image-wrapper">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"wp-caption-text featured"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-309229" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;02&sol;Jurors-see-photos-of-Shele-Danishefskys-body-during-her-murder-trial-1-300x199&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"776" height&equals;"515" &sol;>Jurors are shown crime scene photos of Shele Danishefsky&&num;8217&semi;s body shown during her murder trial<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"entry-content entry-content-read-more">&NewLine;<p>A Manhattan juror suddenly fainted in his seat Wednesday as graphic autopsy photos of victim Shele Danishefsky were displayed on a large monitor at the murder trial of her estranged husband&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;With accused killer Rod Covlin looking on&comma; Senior Medical Examiner Jonathan Hayes was in the midst of testifying about the disturbing images when juror No&period; 8’s head suddenly flopped forward&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He needs medical help&excl;” screamed another panelist as Hayes quickly exited the stand to tend to the stricken juror&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ronmat96&period;fxexperts&period;hop&period;clickbank&period;net"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wallstreet-forex&period;com&sol;images&sol;banners&sol;wsfr&lowbar;2&lowbar;evolution&lowbar;768x90&lowbar;1&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;All with an image of Danishefsky’s fractured hyoid bone&comma; which anchors the tongue&comma; projecting onto a screen&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Jurors were shown a gruesome crime scene photo of UBS banker Shele Danishefsky’s nude body on her bathroom floor&comma; with her long blond hair soaked with blood Wednesday in Manhattan court&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Related&colon;<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;28&sol;murder-suspect-accused-his-new-york-financier-wife-of-sexually-abusing-their-toddler-before-killing-her-rod-covlin-killed-shele-danishefsky-to-get-her-5million-inheritance-prosecutors&sol;"><img class&equals;"attachment-loop wp-post-image jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled alignleft" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i1&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;Rod-Covlin-1&period;png&quest;resize&equals;174&percnt;2C131&amp&semi;ssl&equals;1" sizes&equals;"&lpar;max-width&colon; 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45&comma; accused New York financier wife of sexually-abusing their son&comma; two&comma; before killing her to get her &dollar;5million fortune&comma; court told<&sol;a> <a title&equals;"Murder suspect accused his New York financier wife of sexually-abusing their toddler before killing her&semi; Rod Covlin killed Shele Danishefsky&comma; to get her &dollar;5million inheritance – prosecutors" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;28&sol;murder-suspect-accused-his-new-york-financier-wife-of-sexually-abusing-their-toddler-before-killing-her-rod-covlin-killed-shele-danishefsky-to-get-her-5million-inheritance-prosecutors&sol;">&lbrack;&&num;8230&semi;&rsqb;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Danishefsky&comma; 47&comma; is positioned on her back with her left arm covering her left breast&period; Her eyes are closed&comma; her mouth is slightly agape and there are bright red scratches on her face&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Another juror&comma; who happened to be a nurse&comma; also rushed to the man’s side&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The judge halted the proceeding&comma; and the sickened juror was removed from the courtroom for treatment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i1&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;Robert-Covlin-and-Shele-Shele-Danishefsky-2&period;jpg&quest;zoom&equals;1&period;25&amp&semi;ssl&equals;1&amp&semi;w&equals;450" alt&equals;"Robert Covlin and Shele Shele Danishefsky 2" width&equals;"580" height&equals;"289" &sol;>   <strong>At the time of her death&comma; Rod was 36 and Shele&comma; a UBS executive from a wealthy background&comma; was 47&period; She was the sole breadwinner and he was pursuing his backgammon passion<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>The jurist reassured the gallery that the man had regained his wits but dismissed him and swapped in an alternate&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;As the juror left court he said that he had in part fainted in reaction to the gruesome photographs&comma; which included an image of Danishefsky’s neck peeled back to expose underlying muscles&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Justice Ruth Pickholz denied defense lawyer Robert Gottlieb’s motion for a mistrial over the incident&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In earlier testimony&comma; Hayes said he received Danishefsky’s body Jan&period; 1&comma; 2010&comma; a day after the banker <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;28&sol;murder-suspect-accused-his-new-york-financier-wife-of-sexually-abusing-their-toddler-before-killing-her-rod-covlin-killed-shele-danishefsky-to-get-her-5million-inheritance-prosecutors&sol;">was found face-down in the bathtub <&sol;a>by her 9-year-old daughter in her Upper West Side home&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When I opened up the &lbrack;body&rsqb; bag I immediately said&comma; we need an autopsy&comma;” Hayes told the jury&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I was struck by the injuries she had on her face&period; She had scratches on her face&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ronmat96&period;gaming777&period;hop&period;clickbank&period;net"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamingjobsonline&period;com&sol;images&sol;banner&sol;banner250x250&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><&sol;a><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ronmat96&period;gaming777&period;hop&period;clickbank&period;net"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamingjobsonline&period;com&sol;images&sol;banner&sol;250&sol;250x250-1&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;Riveted jurors were shown autopsy photos of Danishefsky’s face marred by bright red scratches and cuts on her nose&comma; lower eyelids&comma; cheeks and lips&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;There were also four dime-size bruises on the beautiful banker’s right wrist&comma;  and a larger bruise on the base of her index finger&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong>         <img class&equals;"" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i0&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;Robert-Covlin-2&period;jpg&quest;zoom&equals;1&period;100000023841858&amp&semi;ssl&equals;1&amp&semi;w&equals;450" alt&equals;"Robert Covlin 2" width&equals;"580" height&equals;"385" &sol;>   Backgammon buff Rod Covlin is accused of strangling his then 47-year-old wife Shele Danishefsky in her Upper West Side apartment back in 2009&period; The suspect was 36 at the time<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Danishefsky’s Orthodox Jewish family initially declined an autopsy on religious grounds over Hayes’ protests&period;ing corpse&colon; testimony&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I was just about to make my first incision when I received a call from the administrator saying he had changed his mind&comma;” Hayes said of the family’s reservations&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He urged then-Chief Medical Examiner Charles Hirsch to overrule their objection in three separate phone calls&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I said&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;I’m worried she may have been killed&comma;’” he recalled in Manhattan Supreme Court&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We went back and forth several times until he became angry and at that point I caved&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Two months later&comma; a judge ordered the exhumation of her body&comma; and Hayes discovered that her neck&comma; specifically her hyoid bone&comma; had been snapped&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;With Danishefsky’s death now officially ruled a homicide&comma; the walls began to close around Covlin&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-309226" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;02&sol;Rod-Covlin-and-Jeanne-Robin-1-300x199&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"892" height&equals;"592" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Rod Covlin &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; allegedly described in graphic detail finding his wife&&num;8217&semi;s corpse with his &lbrack;married&rsqb; mistress Jeanne Robin &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; weeks after before the killing<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Prosecutors have argued that Covlin&comma; who was living across the hall from his estranged wife at the time of her death&comma; used a lethal martial arts chokehold to break her neck&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<iframe src&equals;"&sol;&sol;players&period;brightcove&period;net&sol;4137224153001&sol;ed38fae1-4db1-4308-8095-399a04010bc1&lowbar;default&sol;index&period;html&quest;videoId&equals;6008126175001" frameborder&equals;"0" allowfullscreen&equals;"allowfullscreen"><&sol;iframe><br &sol;>&NewLine;He then staged the scene to look like a slip and fall&period; And despite Danishefsky’s injuries&comma; police initially bought Covlin’s theory that his wife had fallen and hit her head&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The prosecution theory was buttressed by the emergence of a jailhouse video purportedly shoing the the stockbroker demonstrating a martial arts chokehold in jail&comma;  same technique prosecutors say he used to snap her neck&comma; according to footage shown to jurors in Manhattan court Wednesday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In the one-minute surveillance clip&comma; Rod Covlin stands on one side of a round table across from another inmate in the law library of the Brooklyn Detention Complex&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<iframe style&equals;"width&colon; 120px&semi; height&colon; 240px&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ws-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;widgets&sol;q&quest;ServiceVersion&equals;20070822&amp&semi;OneJS&equals;1&amp&semi;Operation&equals;GetAdHtml&amp&semi;MarketPlace&equals;US&amp&semi;source&equals;ac&amp&semi;ref&equals;qf&lowbar;sp&lowbar;asin&lowbar;til&amp&semi;ad&lowbar;type&equals;product&lowbar;link&amp&semi;tracking&lowbar;id&equals;konniemomen0a-20&amp&semi;marketplace&equals;amazon&amp&semi;region&equals;US&amp&semi;placement&equals;B077M8MV22&amp&semi;asins&equals;B077M8MV22&amp&semi;linkId&equals;dd9b2505b6a7e917a89a13cc0fd19fcb&amp&semi;show&lowbar;border&equals;false&amp&semi;link&lowbar;opens&lowbar;in&lowbar;new&lowbar;window&equals;false&amp&semi;price&lowbar;color&equals;333333&amp&semi;title&lowbar;color&equals;0066C0&amp&semi;bg&lowbar;color&equals;FFFFFF" frameborder&equals;"0" marginwidth&equals;"0" marginheight&equals;"0" scrolling&equals;"no"><br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;iframe><iframe style&equals;"width&colon; 120px&semi; height&colon; 240px&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ws-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;widgets&sol;q&quest;ServiceVersion&equals;20070822&amp&semi;OneJS&equals;1&amp&semi;Operation&equals;GetAdHtml&amp&semi;MarketPlace&equals;US&amp&semi;source&equals;ac&amp&semi;ref&equals;qf&lowbar;sp&lowbar;asin&lowbar;til&amp&semi;ad&lowbar;type&equals;product&lowbar;link&amp&semi;tracking&lowbar;id&equals;konniemomen0a-20&amp&semi;marketplace&equals;amazon&amp&semi;region&equals;US&amp&semi;placement&equals;B01LC8A37I&amp&semi;asins&equals;B01LC8A37I&amp&semi;linkId&equals;14e1ba5e68f94f0d1393f1ad4219d434&amp&semi;show&lowbar;border&equals;false&amp&semi;link&lowbar;opens&lowbar;in&lowbar;new&lowbar;window&equals;false&amp&semi;price&lowbar;color&equals;333333&amp&semi;title&lowbar;color&equals;0066c0&amp&semi;bg&lowbar;color&equals;ffffff" frameborder&equals;"0" marginwidth&equals;"0" marginheight&equals;"0" scrolling&equals;"no"><br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;iframe><br &sol;>&NewLine;Covlin&comma; who has a black-belt in Taekwondo&comma; bends forward and brings his left arm toward his chest&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He then turns and demonstrates the same move for the inmate with his right arm&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Nov&period; 9&comma; 2018&comma; footage was introduced during testimony from Senior Medical Examiner Jonathan Hayes&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Assistant DA Matthew Bogdanos asked the forensic pathologist if the move could have been used on Shele Danishefsky&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This folding of the arm and elbow is exactly how a chokehold is done&comma;” he said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<iframe style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;rcm-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;cm&quest;o&equals;1&amp&semi;p&equals;26&amp&semi;l&equals;ur1&amp&semi;category&equals;mac&amp&semi;banner&equals;0B8GZEK7X9JN15T1BPR2&amp&semi;f&equals;ifr&amp&semi;linkID&equals;45959116a9033f86cc6e50c96ca7a649&amp&semi;t&equals;konniemomen0a-20&amp&semi;tracking&lowbar;id&equals;konniemomen0a-20" width&equals;"468" height&equals;"60" frameborder&equals;"0" marginwidth&equals;"0" scrolling&equals;"no"><&sol;iframe><br &sol;>&NewLine;The couple was in the midst of a frenzied divorce and custody battle over their two kids&comma; and prosecutors say he ultimately ended her life to land Danishefsky’s &dollar;5&period;2 million fortune&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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