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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
John O'Connor and Kathleen Foody

Illinois medics charged in patient's killing held for trial

ASSOCIATED PRESS

An Illinois judge ruled Friday that prosecutors presented enough evidence to justify first-degree murder charges against two paramedics accused of strapping a patient facedown on a stretcher.

Prosecutors filed the charges against Peggy Finley and Peter Cadigan on Jan. 9, nearly a month after 35-year-old Earl Moore died. Sangamon County Circuit Court Judge Raylene Grischow bound both for trial following Friday's preliminary hearing.

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