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Sidebar: Martin MacNeill Update

January 27, 2014 by tamaratattles 12 Comments

 

A barely recognizable Martin MacNeill in court last week. (Twitter)
A barely recognizable Martin MacNeill in court last week. (Twitter)

Martin MacNeill  (Who is Martin MacNeill? ) returns to court in Utah for a competency hearing tomorrow. MacNeill has been on suicide watch since his failed suicide attempt while in custody early last month. He is scheduled to go to trial for forcible sexual assault against one of his daughters on February 4th. However his attorney, Randy Spencer filed the following motion for a competency hearing last week, his request was granted and the hearing is set for tomorrow.

“The manner in which he is being housed (at the Utah County Jail) is slowly killing him, and having a significant effect on his mental health to the point that I seriously question his competency to reasonably assist me in preparing for trial and meaningfully during a trial.”

“Mr. MacNeill continues to be housed in an isolation cell in a suicide robe and in circumstances that are worse than even the medical unit. He continues to have lights shined on him 24 hours a day and to not be able to get restful sleep or receive an appropriate vegetarian meal for physical nourishment. If he is moved outside of his isolation cell even to go to the shower room, he is now cuffed and chained — a procedure that was not used when he was in the medical unit.”

“It is my observation and belief that Mr. MacNeill’s condition is bad and worsening. He appears to have lost a substantial amount of weight. His face is drawn; his eyes are perpetually red. He is gaunt. He is isolated from personal interaction. He has been informed that as long as he is in the Utah County Jail, he will be on suicide watch with the same treatment as described above.

He does not seem to care about the pending trial or how it may affect him, which is a completely different mental state for him than my past experience over the last six and a half years of representation.”

Poor Martin is not happy with his jail accommodations.

MacNeill has not yet been sentenced for the murder of his wife in 2007. His attorneys have filed a motion for retrial citing prosecutorial misconduct. During the trial, “Inmate #1” testified that MacNeill admitted to him that he drugged and drowned his wife while they were prison bunkies. He stated under oath that he was not given a deal by the prosecution for early release. However, despite his release date of 2016, Inmate #1 was released shortly after MacNeill’s conviction. Prosecutors still contend there was no deal given.

If you missed my coverage of Martin MacNeill last fall, you can get caught up here!

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  1. cammierari says

    January 27, 2014 at 7:25 pm

    this guy is a sick scumbag. He’s choosing his own fate, so his lawyer should stop whining about it. The guy cheats, lies, steals, murders and sexually abuses his daughter ALLEGEDLY, and we’re supposed to CARE that he can’t get a vegetarian meal? Cry me a river.

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    • Skeeter says

      January 28, 2014 at 4:08 am

      ………fry me a liver! LOL!

      Reply
  2. steve says

    January 27, 2014 at 9:08 pm

    aaawww poor baby he cant get a good sleep. I wonder how well the daughters have slept since he did his deeds. He will play this just like jodi does and stretch everything out and milk the system. Why does it take so long between verdicts and sentencing?

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    • tamaratattles says

      January 27, 2014 at 10:55 pm

      I explained it pretty clearly in the post. or so I thought… I’ll look at the post again when I have spare second.

      Reply
      • lori says

        January 28, 2014 at 2:21 am

        Yes, you explained it.

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  3. Jae says

    January 28, 2014 at 12:52 am

    I vaguely remember when his wife was found. Admittedly, I went back through your archives to find the original post – what a disgusting POS.

    Here’s an idea: give him a combination of Valium, Percocet, phenergan, and Ambien then let him take a nice long soak in a tub.

    I’m sure that will perk him right up.

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  4. steve says

    January 28, 2014 at 11:28 am

    you said his attys have filed for a retrial for the murder verdict. And that he is waiting for the sex charges trial. That doesnt explain why it takes months between a guilty verdict and this is how long your sentence is.

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    • tamaratattles says

      January 28, 2014 at 12:04 pm

      Yes it does.

      Reply
  5. Cray Zee Kaylee says

    January 28, 2014 at 9:47 pm

    WOW. He looks really bad. Maybe he’ll starve to death. Save the state some money.

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  6. Lori flack says

    January 29, 2014 at 2:46 pm

    I just went back to check how he used to look, not very long ago.
    He looks 20 years older…

    Reply
  7. Cheryl B. (cherylannburke1) says

    March 11, 2021 at 8:01 pm

    Gypsy probably has found a new score since testifying against him.
    What a trial that was.
    They saved in confidence that his adult daughter after her mother died was abused by him. I was shocked.
    I think maybe they saved it for the chance the slime ball got off?
    The trial which I didn’t miss a minute, was truly do bizarre I am still amazed.

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    • Cheryl B. (cherylannburke1) says

      March 11, 2021 at 8:06 pm

      On geez, on April 9, 2017 he committed suicide. Shame, not.
      Wish his son could still be alive.

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