DA seeks death penalty for British motivational speaker held in dismemberment of Vegas woman
By APThursday, February 25, 2010
DA seeks death for British man in Vegas slaying
LAS VEGAS — Prosecutors in Nevada are seeking the death penalty for a British motivational speaker accused of killing a Las Vegas woman, stuffing her severed body in a trash barrel, and later injuring another person with the woman’s vehicle.
In documents filed ahead of a hearing next week, prosecutors also ask a judge to combine murder and attempted murder with a vehicle cases against 37-year-old Michael Victor Lane.
Lane is being held without bail in the December slaying of Ginger Candela. He’s also accused of using her vehicle to hit a transsexual man he allegedly met for sex.
Defense lawyer Dan Silverstein said Wednesday he’s challenging charges against Lane, because a grand jury only heard testimony about Lane’s police interview.
Silverstein says prosecutors should have used better evidence: a videotape of the actual interview.
