The British lawyer for a Colorado woman accused of killing two young children in December 2023 opposed her possible extradition from Britain to the United States in a London courtroom this week.
British authorities arrested Kimberly Singler on December 30, 2023, who was accused by Colorado authorities of killing her 9-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son and injuring her 11-year-old daughter before fleeing. He was detained on the day. abroad.
Her lawyer, Edward Fitzgerald of King's Counsel (KC), who also represents WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange, said that if convicted, she would not be eligible for parole. It argued that extraditing him to the United States would violate the European Convention on Human Rights. According to KOAA, an NBC News affiliate.
Judge John Zani is scheduled to make a decision on Mr. Singler's extradition on January 24.
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Kimberly Singler, 36, currently faces four counts of first-degree murder, two counts of attempted first-degree murder, three counts of child abuse, and one count of assault for allegedly killing her daughters, ages 9 and 7. has been indicted for. Her 1-year-old son and 11-year-old daughter were injured. (CSPD)
Singler, 36, is facing charges. 4 counts of first-degree murder; Two counts of attempted first-degree murder, three counts of child abuse, and one count of assault.
Joel Smith, KC, the US attorney in the UK extradition case, said in September, when Ms Singler's extradition proceedings began, that Ms Singler was involved in an ongoing contentious custody battle with her husband. During the attack, he allegedly killed two children and attempted to kill a third, he said. , NBC reported at that time.
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CSPD officers first responded to reports of a robbery at Kimberly Singler's home in the 5300 block of Palomino Ranch Point just after midnight on Dec. 19. When police arrived, they found two children deceased and an injured 11-year-old girl. (GoFundMe/Wentz Family)
“She shot her first child in the head and stabbed her in the neck, shot her second child in the head and stabbed her in the neck, and attacked her third child in the neck with a knife, seriously injuring her,” Smith said. said. According to NBC.
During a crime scene investigation in December 2023, Colorado authorities found a spent bullet, a bloody knife and an empty bottle of sleeping pills in a trash can. Police found the two children dead in bed together.
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Colorado Springs police said they received a 911 call from Singler's address at the time of the crime reporting a robbery, but later announced that the call was found to be “unfounded.”
Kimberly Singler will appear before Judge Minhas at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London on Monday, February 26, 2024. (Priscilla Coleman)
”[The surviving child] The defendant said he told the three children to close their eyes, led the first two children into a bedroom, then approached the third child and told her to close her eyes. She then slashed me on the side of my neck,” Smith said in September, according to NBC.
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Smith argued in September that the governor could eventually pardon Singler if he is sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Mr Fitzgerald, meanwhile, said life sentences without the possibility of parole in the UK were “completely irrelevant to us”. Two months ago, there were 63 people serving life sentences in Britain, compared to 49,000 people serving life sentences in the United States, according to NBC.
