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Florida court convicts Derek Medina over Facebook photo murder | Florida court convicts Derek Medina over Facebook photo murder |
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A Florida man who killed his wife and posted a photo of the body on Facebook has been found guilty of murder. | A Florida man who killed his wife and posted a photo of the body on Facebook has been found guilty of murder. |
Derek Medina admitted taking the picture on his phone and uploading it on to the social media site. | |
He failed to convince the jury that he had shot Jennifer Alfonso eight times in self-defence after years of abuse. | He failed to convince the jury that he had shot Jennifer Alfonso eight times in self-defence after years of abuse. |
He said his wife was threatening him with a knife when he shot her in their home in Miami, but prosecutors said she was cowering on the floor. | He said his wife was threatening him with a knife when he shot her in their home in Miami, but prosecutors said she was cowering on the floor. |
When he posted the picture, he wrote on Facebook that he expected to go to prison or be sentenced to death for the killing. | When he posted the picture, he wrote on Facebook that he expected to go to prison or be sentenced to death for the killing. |
Prosecutors successfully argued that the 27-year-old wife was in fear of her life when she was shot in August 2013. | |
Medina had vowed to kill her if she left him and she had told friends she intended to do that, the court heard. | |
Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Rundle said: "No family should ever have to see their daughter killed and then exhibited worldwide on the internet like some macabre trophy to a husband's anger." | Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Rundle said: "No family should ever have to see their daughter killed and then exhibited worldwide on the internet like some macabre trophy to a husband's anger." |
Medina, 33, faces a sentence of 25 years to life for second-degree murder. |