Convictions Highlight Serious Issues in Domestic Violence Cases in Canada
Last week, a jury convicted Godfrey Sig-Od of first-degree murder in the vicious stabbing of his ex-wife Elvie and second-degree murder for killing his daughter Angelica.
On the second floor, Kenneth Bellamy admits he caused the stabbing death of his partner Tracy Iannuccilli, but insists the 18 wounds she suffered were due to their wrestling over the knife she was wielding -- but not him.
And two floors above, a jury is hearing the case of another man charged with murdering his partner -- and this has an added tragic element: Three days before she was killed, Daniella Mallia, 23, had appealed for help from Toronto Police.
Instead, she was threatened with arrest if she didn't stop contacting her ex, Dylon Dowman, the 35-year-old who has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder.
