A woman has been sentenced to life in prison for shooting her husband dead – after her husband’s pet parrot kept repeating, ‘Don’t shoot! Don’t f***ing shoot!’ in his voice.
Glenna Durham, 49, spent months in hospital recovering from a gunshot wound to her head after shooting her husband Martin five times – then turning the gun on herself. Durham, of Sand Lake, Sand Lake learned her sentence on Monday after a jury found her guilty of first-degree murder and a felony firearm charge last month. There were no witnesses to what happened on May 12 last year – except the grey parrot.
Martin Duram’s ex-wife, Christina Keller, has said that after the slaying, the pet parrot, Bud, repeated “don’t (expletive) shoot” in Martin Duram’s voice. Keller took ownership of the bird after Martin Duram’s death. Glenna Duram’s attorney plans to appeal.
They allegedly had a row about gambling debts and unpaid bills before Glenna seized the gun and blasted her husband before shooting herself in the head. During the hearing, neighbour Connie Ream said she was the one to find the couple, after hearing gunshots.
At first she thought Martin was hunting, but when she checked on them saw two bodies motionless on the floor. Another witness said the house looked ‘ransacked’ with things scattered everywhere. But police later found a note at their home to their three children reading: ‘Please forgive me [you’re] one of the best things I ever did — Love mom.’
No comments:
Post a Comment