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Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Jennifer Dulos case: Fotis Dulos’ court appearance postponed

STAMFORD — The next court date in Fotis Dulos’ criminal case has been pushed back due to his lawyer’s schedule.

The estranged husband of Jennifer Dulos, charged with evidence tampering and hindering prosecution in connection with her May 24 disappearance, was due in court on Friday.

But he’s now scheduled to come into court a week later, on Aug. 9.

His lawyer, Norm Pattis, said he’s handling a trial in Waterbury that necessitated the change.

According to arrest warrants, two people resembling Fotis Dulos and his girlfriend, Michelle Troconis, were seen stopping along a four-mile stretch of Albany Avenue in Hartford around the same time Jennifer Dulos was reported missing May 24.

But Pattis has questioned the evidence in the case in a request to the judge to dismiss the charges.

In a motion to dismiss hindering prosecution and evidence tampering charges against Fotis Dulos, Pattis said prosecutors turned over discovery to him last week consisting only of 26 CDs containing videos “purporting to show the defendant.”

Surveillance videos depict Fotis Dulos tossing garbage bags that were later found to contain his wife’s blood, according to arrest warrants.

Pattis, who said the defense team couldn’t open some of the videos and would need them copied again, said he...



from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Jennifer-Dulos-case-Fotis-Dulos-next-court-14269549.php

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