Jury convicts wealthy stock trader in fiery death of man who was helping him secretly dig tunnels for an underground nuclear bunker beneath his Maryland home.
ROCKVILLE, Md. — The Latest on the trial of a wealthy stock trader in a bunker fire death at his Maryland home :A jury has convicted a wealthy stock trader of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in the fire death of a man who was helping him secretly dig tunnels for an underground nuclear bunker beneath his Maryland home.
Beckwitt had been charged with both offenses in the September 2017 death of 21-year-old Askia Khafra. Beckwitt did not testify at his trial, which lasted nearly two weeks. A prosecutor accused Beckwitt of recklessly endangering Khafra’s life and sacrificing safety for secrecy. Defense attorney Robert Bonsib told jurors the fire was an accident, not a crime.A jury has apparently reached a verdict on one of two counts against a wealthy stock broker charged in the fire death of a man who was helping him dig tunnels for a nuclear bunker beneath a Maryland home.
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