Mackenzie Shirilla, 19 - described as “hell on wheels” by trial judge Nancy Margaret Russo - was convicted last week on 12 counts, including murder, over the deaths of her boyfriend, Dominic Russo (no relation to Judge Russo), 20, and car passenger Davion Flanagan, 19, in 2022.
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An Ohio teenager has been jailed for between 15 years and life in prison for a deliberate 100mph “hell on wheels” crash that killed her boyfriend and friend.
Mackenzie Shirilla, 19, was found guilty on multiple counts of murder for the incident that killed Dominic Russo, 20, and Davion Flanagan, 19, last year.
Shirilla sobbed in court as the verdict was delivered, according to The News. She read a statement saying: “I’m so deeply sorry. I hope one day you can see I would never let this happen or do it on purpose.”
However, her trial heard that her actions were deliberate - and that after the fatal crash she had tried to get a modelling job, gone to a concert in a wheelchair, and asked police: “Can’t you just take my licence away for 10 years or something like that?”
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Nancy Margaret Russo, who held the trial without a jury, said: “She had a mission, and she executed it with precision. The decision was death.
“Her actions were controlled, methodical, deliberate, intentional and purposeful. This was not reckless driving. This was murder.”
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15 окт 2024
