Prosecution says Angela Pollina on trial for Thomas’ murder, tried to paint a picture of protection but it was all a cover up for her sadistic approach of brutality.
During closing arguments on Thursday, prosecutor Keriann Kelly told the jury, stepmom Angela Pollina on trial for Thomas’ murder, tried to paint a picture of protection but it was all a cover up to what Kelly called her sadistic approach of brutality.Thomas Valva is dead according to prosecutors because no one called 9-1-1 until they had to.
Kelly argued Pollina worked in concert with Thomas’ dad, Michael Valva, to torture Thomas and his brother, both on the autism spectrum, because they struggled with incontinence.Neither of the boys who Pollina called dirty, filthy and stinky, were properly fed or cleaned.Kelly says he fell because Pollina was the one who banished him to the frigid garage.
But defense attorney Matt Tuohy tried to convince the jury that Pollina never intended for Thomas to die, and a guilty verdict will never make what happened, right.You can hate her, but she didn’t commit murder. It’s not even close."On the stand as the sole witness for the defense, Pollina said Valva hosed Thomas off in the freezing cold, and he was the one who put the shivering boy in the warm bath causing hypothermia.
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