Prosecutors Want Entwistle Gambling Records

**Mousey** · 4th April 2008, 05:14 PM

Prosecutors Want Entwistle Gambling Records
Man Accused Of Shooting Wife, Baby

POSTED: 6:59 am EDT April 4, 2008
UPDATED: 7:20 am EDT April 4, 2008

BOSTON -- Prosecutors in the Neil Entwistle murder case are trying to get their hands on the online gambling records of the Hopkinton, Mass., man accused of murdering his wife and daughter two years ago.

The Metrowest Daily News reported that prosecutors were hoping records from a European gambling site will show Entwistle, 28, was dealing with financial stress at the time of the deaths in January 2006.

They have requested the records from the British territory of Gibraltar asking for information on his dealings with the Web site Casino on Net.

The state alleges he lost hundreds of dollars on the site in the month before the the slayings of ...

**jetset** · 4th April 2008, 06:43 PM

See also the latest Casinomeister News.

In the main news section of the CM site??? If so, I could not locate!!....Maybe not up yet as I just read a slew of the most recent articles that were all dated March 28, 2008....BTW, I use to read that section of the site weekly and had forgotten all about it, thanks for the retrigger!!!

**jetset** · 4th April 2008, 07:05 PM

There's a new one dated April 4 - maybe a site glitch.....

**winbig** · 4th April 2008, 07:06 PM

Originally Posted by Mousey

The state alleges he lost hundreds of dollars on the site in the month before the the slayings of ...

And this would put him in financial distress?

They're grasping at straws here....

**RobWin** · 4th April 2008, 07:16 PM

Originally Posted by winbig

And this would put him in financial distress?

They're grasping at straws here....

Yes, that's exactly what I was also thinking Win...especially if it's only hundreds...could they have possibly meant thousands ??

**classymom** · 4th April 2008, 07:18 PM

Originally Posted by winbig

And this would put him in financial distress?

They're grasping at straws here....

What I don't understand is how losing money could make you want to kill loved ones- maybe yourself but I dont get the logic on how this could provoke murder.

**winbig** · 4th April 2008, 07:27 PM

Originally Posted by classymom

What I don't understand is how losing money could make you want to kill loved ones- maybe yourself but I dont get the logic on how this could provoke murder.

IMO, they're using the PR of online gambling to try and 'confuse' the jury and/or bring [more] media attention to the case.