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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Defense: 'Wrong person on trial' in death, beheading

ASSOCIATED PRESS

The lawyer for a New Hampshire man accused of killing his wife's co-worker after he discovered they were texting — and then forcing her to behead him — told jurors at the start of his trial Tuesday that his wife is the one to blame for the death.

Armando Barron admitted in court to assaulting his wife and her co-worker, Jonathan Amerault, but he did not kill him, his lawyer, Morgan Taggart-Hampton, said in opening statements.

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