DEDHAM, MASS. (WHDH) – Testimony summarized in the Karen Read murder trial Thursday, one day after several of John O’Keefe’s friends took the witness stand.
Witnesses on Wednesday described interactions with Read and O’Keefe at bars in Canton hours before O’Keefe was found unresponsive in a snowbank. Prosecutors also showed surveillance video from the bars.
Come Wednesday morning, Chris Albert was sworn in as the day’s first witness.
Read, 44, of Mansfield has pleaded not guilty to charges amid allegations from prosecutors that she killed her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, with her car and left him to die.
Read’s defense has said she is being framed.
Albert is a Canton Select Board member and the brother of Brian Albert, who lived at the home near where O’Keefe was found in January, 2022.
Among allegations, Read’s defense team has said O’Keefe was beaten inside Brian Albert’s home before being left for dead outside.
Prosecutors have described the defense’s claims as a fishing expedition.
Chris Albert remained on the stand as of around 9:20 am
Court proceedings are expected to continue until 12:30 p.m.
This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.
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