bloodrayne
02-21-2004, 01:33 PM
Wife Convicted Of Trying To Kill Husband During "Game"
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- A woman who stabbed her husband during a game in which he was handcuffed and blindfolded -- then stabbed him again after driving him to a hospital -- was convicted Thursday of attempted murder.
Sheila Davalloo, 34, of Pleasantville, could be sentenced to up to 25 years in prison.
Her non-jury trial ended when state Supreme Court Justice Thomas Dickerson pronounced her guilty of assault and criminal possession of a weapon as well as attempted murder.
Davalloo's lawyer, Theodore Brundage, had asserted in Wednesday's closing argument that she was emotionally troubled and did not realize what she was doing. He said there was no evidence she intended to hurt her husband, Paul Christos.
But prosecutor Dan Schorr said Davalloo's motive was to get rid of Christos so she could be with her lover, Nelson Sessler. Davalloo is a suspect in the November 2002 killing of Anna Lisa Raymundo, for whom Sessler stopped seeing Davalloo. All three worked as research scientists at Purdue Pharma in Stamford, Conn.
The affair between Davalloo and Sessler resumed after Raymundo's death.
A Stamford detective was in court for the closing arguments. A call to Stamford police on Thursday was referred to Capt. Tom Wuennemann, who did not immediately call back.
The Westchester investigation began March 23, when Davalloo and Christos were engaged in a game in which Christos, blindfolded and handcuffed, was to guess what she was touching him with. She took a 4-inch paring knife from the kitchen and stabbed Christos twice in the chest.
Prosecutors said Davalloo pretended to call 911 and took Christos to the Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla only after he begged her. When she parked near the hospital, she took the knife and stabbed him a third time.
Christos, 37, was saved by open-heart surgery and is recovering.
Davalloo's sentencing was scheduled for April 6.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- A woman who stabbed her husband during a game in which he was handcuffed and blindfolded -- then stabbed him again after driving him to a hospital -- was convicted Thursday of attempted murder.
Sheila Davalloo, 34, of Pleasantville, could be sentenced to up to 25 years in prison.
Her non-jury trial ended when state Supreme Court Justice Thomas Dickerson pronounced her guilty of assault and criminal possession of a weapon as well as attempted murder.
Davalloo's lawyer, Theodore Brundage, had asserted in Wednesday's closing argument that she was emotionally troubled and did not realize what she was doing. He said there was no evidence she intended to hurt her husband, Paul Christos.
But prosecutor Dan Schorr said Davalloo's motive was to get rid of Christos so she could be with her lover, Nelson Sessler. Davalloo is a suspect in the November 2002 killing of Anna Lisa Raymundo, for whom Sessler stopped seeing Davalloo. All three worked as research scientists at Purdue Pharma in Stamford, Conn.
The affair between Davalloo and Sessler resumed after Raymundo's death.
A Stamford detective was in court for the closing arguments. A call to Stamford police on Thursday was referred to Capt. Tom Wuennemann, who did not immediately call back.
The Westchester investigation began March 23, when Davalloo and Christos were engaged in a game in which Christos, blindfolded and handcuffed, was to guess what she was touching him with. She took a 4-inch paring knife from the kitchen and stabbed Christos twice in the chest.
Prosecutors said Davalloo pretended to call 911 and took Christos to the Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla only after he begged her. When she parked near the hospital, she took the knife and stabbed him a third time.
Christos, 37, was saved by open-heart surgery and is recovering.
Davalloo's sentencing was scheduled for April 6.