Stay outta my shed!
An Illinois man has been convicted of first degree murder after a shotgun rigged with a trip wire killed his neighbor who tried to enter his shed.
FoxNews Reports that an Illinois man who had a shotgun booby-trap that killed a neighbor last year was convicted on Thursday of murder and another charge, according to media reports.
A Union County jury found William Wasmund, 48, guilty of first-degree murder and aggravated battery in the death of Jeff Spicer, The Southern Illinoisian reported.
Prosecutors said Wasmund rigged the shotgun to a rope connected to the door of a shed on his property so the weapon would fire when the door was opened. The discharge killed Spicer as he tried to enter the shed, authorities said. A man who lived nearby found Spicer’s body on Wasmund’s property on Sept. 16, 2018,
Wasmund’s defense attorneys said their client had complained of thefts on his property and suggested Spicer was there to steal. Lawyer Thomas Mansfield argued Spicer caused his own death by ignoring “no trespassing” and “do not enter” signs and breaking the lock on the shed door, he said.
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Thomas Mansfield, Wasmund’s defense attorney, argued that Spicer’s actions are what led to his own death according to abcNews noting he ignored the “no trespassing” sign, the nailed-shut shed door and the “caution do not enter” sign on the shed, then breaking the lock on the shed door.
“Those are the acts that caused his death,” Mansfield said.
Mansfield said the verdict shocked him and it will be appealed.
What say you shitheads? Is this man a murderer or simply a man trying to defend his property? Let us know in the comments.
