Homicide suspect again in jail after choose revokes bond

The household of Robert Murphy is relieved now that the person accused of murdering him is again in jail.

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“We may have gone out to eat and seen this man throughout the desk from us,” stated Ryan Murphy, the son of the sufferer. “That’s wild to consider.”

Again on July 28, 64-year-old Robert Murphy was crushed to demise. That very same day, police arrested 40-year-old William Bordsen for first-degree homicide, however a choose gave him a $400,000 bond and he was capable of make it. He walked out in three days.

“It makes me sick,” Ryan Murphy stated. “That’s coming from an individual that’s clearly unfit for society.”

However on Friday, one other choose reversed that call primarily based on new proof.

Murphy and Bordsen had been roommates and lived in a house off Coronado Drive in east Charlotte. The preliminary story given to prosecutors was that Murphy was drunk and began a struggle and that Bordsen needed to defend himself. In court docket, prosecutors stated that was not true, that toxicology experiences show that Murphy was not drunk. Moreover, cellphone video allegedly taken by Bordsen present him taunting the sufferer after he died or whereas he was dying.

“To the place he’s making noises on the bottom and this man pulls out his telephone, takes video of my father. It’s the sickest factor I ever heard in my life,” Ryan Murphy stated.

The household is grateful that prosecutors pushed the court docket to revoke the bond. They imagine all of the scrutiny dropped at the prison justice system by the Iryna Zarutska case could have helped.

“I believe that being dropped at gentle, some scrutiny being positioned on Charlotte, undoubtedly pressured the system into making the correct resolution this time,” stated Ryan Murphy. “We’re doing loads higher now that he’s locked up. I don’t suppose you notice how a lot one thing is affecting you till a change is made.”

Though the Murphy household believes {that a} incorrect has been righted, justice for them is a conviction that can maintain Bordsen locked up and by no means let loose.

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