Audrey Cole Acquitted of Murdering Matthew Mott

 

Jurors within the state of Ohio on Wednesday acquitted a lady accused of murdering her Military veteran boyfriend. The jury indicated that although prosecutors proved the weather of rely 2—felonious assault—the state failed to indicate that the defendant didn’t open hearth in self-defense.

Audrey Cole, a.ok.a. Audrey Department, 34, advised cops in Carroll County, Ohio, that Matthew Michael Mott, 32, attacked her throughout an argument on Could 3, 2021. Fearful, she loaded her rifle and tried to depart the residence when she encountered him once more, in accordance with the protection. Cole stated that Mott got here after her once more.

Mott had misplaced his mood in the course of the preliminary argument and grabbed Cole’s head whereas she was sitting on the sting of her mattress, protection lawyer Chasey Mallory stated. He threw her, placing her head via the wall, the legal professional stated.

“Her head goes via the wall,” the legal professional stated in closing arguments. “You’re going to see it. A pleasant, completely head-sized form via the wall.”

The protection for Audrey Cole stated that her boyfriend bodily abused her earlier than she shot him. @LawCrimeNetwork pic.twitter.com/at1Ei3a3Bu

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The state argued that the battle didn’t justify taking pictures Mott, and that the confrontation was over by the point Cole opened hearth. This was not self-defense. This was homicide, prosecutors stated.

Prosecutor Stephen D. Barnett downplayed Cole’s accidents.

“She was not beat to a bloody pulp,” he advised jurors. “You noticed the tape. You noticed the interview. You heard the statements. If she was a blood pulp, she would have been hospitalized. She would have had bandages on her head. One thing. One thing extra. However she was handled and he or she was launched. She was not admitted to the hospital. So the characterization that it is a bloody pulp isn’t correct.”

As seen on police interrogation footage, Cole advised cops that Mott slammed her down on the ground and began punching her head and her face. She stated she tried to dam him. The newborn didn’t even get up, she stated. Mott advised Cole to rise up.

‘I see why your dad used to hit your mother,”” he stated, in accordance with Cole’s account. “One thing like that. ‘Since you don’t know the best way to shut up.’”

He walked out, she stated. Cole bought up, grabbed her rifle and ammo, and stated she was attempting to get out. Cole emerged from the room, and Mott got here down the corridor from across the nook from the lounge. Cole pointed the rifle at him, and he got here at her, she stated. That’s when she shot him, she stated.

WATCH: Jurors are proven a police interview of #AudreyCole after she fatally shot her boyfriend Matthew Mott in Ohio on Could 3, 2021. Cole stated she shot him in self-defense throughout a home dispute. @LawCrimeNetwork pic.twitter.com/SWP0YoQ32S

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After that, Mott cried out in regards to the ache. He ran downstairs and outdoors of the residence, Cole stated. In her model of occasions, she thought he was going to deliver “one thing” and are available again to get her. As a substitute, Mott was fatally wounded and died outdoors the house.

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